TABLE 2—
Association Among Asthma, Suicidal Ideation, and Suicide Attempts: Adults in the Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study (n = 3481) at Wave 1 (1981)
| Percentage (No.) | |||
| Lifetime Asthma (n = 251)a | Current Asthma (n = 151)a | No Asthma (n = 3102)a | |
| Lifetime suicidal ideation (n = 318) | 12.4 (31) | 13.9 (21) | 9.2 (286) |
| χ2 = 2.7, P = .1 | χ2 = 3.7, P = .054 | ||
| Lifetime suicide attempt (n = 141) | 6.4 (16) | 6.6 (10) | |
| χ2 = 3.2, P = .075 | χ2 = 2.4, P = .1 | 4.0 (125) | |
| Current suicidal ideation (n = 266) | 10.4 (26) | 11.3 (17) | 7.6 (237) |
| χ2 = 2.7, P = .099 | χ2 = 3.1, P = .079 | ||
| Current suicide attempt (n = 115) | 5.6 (14) | 5.3 (8) | |
| χ2 = 4.2, P = .041 | χ2 = 2.1, P = .1 | 3.2 (100) | |
Note. Each χ2 test compared the percentage with asthma among adults in each specific suicide ideation/suicide attempt condition with the no asthma reference group.