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Table 2 Logistic regression models predicting suicide risk, by race

From: Correlates of suicide risk among Black and White adults with behavioral health disorders in criminal-legal systems

Predictor

Suicide Risk

Black

Model 1

n = 2,827

White

Model 2

n = 14,022

Estimate

SE

t

OR

95% CI

Estimate

SE

t

OR

95% CI

Diagnosis (Substance use only)

  Mental health only

0.67

0.25

2.67**

1.95

[1.19, 3.20]

0.66

0.11

5.90***

1.94

[1.56, 2.42]

  Co-occurring

0.65

0.18

3.65***

1.91

[1.35, 2.70]

0.56

0.05

10.22***

1.75

[1.57, 1.94]

Self-harm (No evidence found)

2.08

0.21

9.69***

8.00

[5.25, 12.18]

1.69

0.06

26.82***

5.44

[4.81, 6.16]

Age

0.06

0.23

0.25

1.06

[0.67, 1.67]

0.14

0.09

1.51

1.15

[0.96, 1.37]

Female (Male)

0.41

0.17

2.49*

1.51

[1.09, 2.09]

0.15

0.05

2.89**

1.16

[1.05, 1.28]

Military service (No)

0.58

0.31

1.91

1.79

[0.98 3.27]

0.26

0.12

2.18*

1.30

[1.03, 1.64]

Prior substance use episodes

-0.01

0.09

-0.08

0.99

[0.84, 1.18]

0.09

0.03

3.02**

1.10

[1.03, 1.16]

Life functioning

0.73

0.21

3.46**

2.08

[1.38, 3.16]

0.37

0.08

4.73***

1.45

[1.25, 1.70]

Strengths

0.19

0.13

1.39

1.21

[0.93, 1.57]

0.05

0.05

1.06

1.05

[0.96, 1.16]

Acculturation

-0.64

0.49

-1.31

0.53

[0.20, 1.37]

-0.07

0.25

-0.30

0.93

[0.57, 1.52]

Behavioral health needs

2.29

0.30

7.54***

9.84

[5.43, 17.83]

2.16

0.11

20.29***

8.68

[7.05, 10.70]

Criminogenic risk

-0.50

0.14

-3.44**

0.61

[0.46, 0.81]

-0.37

0.05

-7.45***

0.69

[0.63, 0.76]

  1. For categorical variables, reference group indicated in parentheses. CI: confidence interval for odds ratio
  2. *p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001. (two-tailed)