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Table 2 Variables associated with previous incarcerations, bivariate and multivariate analysis

From: High prevalence rates for multiple psychiatric conditions among inmates at French Guiana’s correctional facility: diagnostic and demographic factors associated with violent offending and previous incarceration

 

Total

Previously incarcerated N(%)

First incarceration N(%)

Crude odds ratio (95% CI)

Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI), P

Age in years Mean [SD]

707

32 [10.5]

28.1 [10.3]

1 (0.99–1.02)

1.04(1.02–1.06), P < 0.001

Sex

 Male

 Female

647

60

333(96.8)

11(3.2)

314 86.5)

49(13.5)

4.7(2.4–9.2)

4.3 (2–9.1), P < 0.001

Antisocial disorder

 Yes

 No

245

462

162(47.1)

182 (52.8)

83 (22.9)

280(77.1)

3 (2.2–4.1)

2.6 (1.8–3.7), P < 0.001

Generalized anxiety disorder

     

 Yes

 No

182

525

92(26.7)

252(73.3)

90(24.8)

273(75.2)

1.1 (0.8–1.5)

0.8 (0.5–1.3), P = 0.4

Psychosis

 Yes

 No

51

656

37(10.7)

307(89.3)

14(3.9)

349(96.1)

3 (1.6–5.7)

1.4 (0.7–2.9), P = 0.01

Substance addiction

 Yes

 No

235

472

153(44.5)

191 (55.52)

82(22.6)

281(77.4)

2.7(2–3.8)

1.9 (1.3–2.7), P = 0.001

Alcohol addiction

 Yes

 No

124

583

88(25.6)

256(74.4)

36(9.9)

327(90.1)

3.1 (2–4.7)

1.7 (1.1–2.8), P = 0.02

PTSD

 Yes

 No

107

600

64(18.6)

280(81.4)

43(11.9)

320(88.1)

1.7(1.1–2.6)

1.3 (0.8–2.2), P = 0.3

Social phobia

 Yes

 No

63

644

34(9.9)

310(90.1)

29(8)

334(92)

1.2 (0.74–2.1)

1.2 (0.6–2.3), P = 0.6

Agoraphobia

 Yes

 No

76

631

46(13.4)

298(86.4)

30(8.2)

333(91.8)

1.7 (1.05–2.8)

1.1 (0.6–2.1), P = 0.6

Panic attacks

 Yes

 No

48

659

27(7.9)

317(92.1)

21(5.8)

342(94.2)

1.4 (0.7–2.5)

0.8 (0.4–1.6), P = 0.5

Manic

 Yes

 No

26

681

18(5.2)

326(94.8)

8(2.2)

355(97.8)

2.56 (1.05–5.7)

1.3 (0.5–3.6), P = 0.5

Mood disorders

 Yes

 No

38

669

19(5.5)

325(94.5)

19(5.2)

344(94.8)

1.1 (0.5–2)

0.5 (0.2–1.2), P = 0.13

Suicidality

 Yes

 No

93

614

54(15.7)

290(84.3)

39(10.7)

324(89.3)

1.5 (0.99–2.4)

1.2 (0.7–2), P = 0.6

Depression

 Yes

 No

101

606

63 (18.3)

281(81.7)

38 (10.53)

325(89.5)

1.9 (1.2–3)

1.7 (0.96–3), P = 0.06