. 2005 Apr;95(4):717–722. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2003.019109

TABLE 4—

Logistic Regression of Prevalence of Asthma at Wave 1 and Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempt at Wave 2: Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study

	Suicidal Ideation,Wave 2 (n = 187)				Suicide Attempts, Wave 2 (n = 86)
Characteristic	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)^a	AOR (95% CI)^b	AOR (95% CI)^c	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)^a	AOR (95% CI)^b	AOR (95% CI)^c
Female	2.0* (1.2, 3.6)	1.57* (1.13, 2.19)	1.57* (1.13, 2.18)	1.4 (.99, 1.97)	2.4 (0.97, 5.9)	2.61* (1.52, 4.48)	2.6* (1.51, 4.46)	2.3* (1.32, 3.99)
Age, y	0.97* (0.96, 0.99)	0.98* (0.97, 0.98)	0.98* (0.97, 0.98)	0.98* (0.97, 0.99)	0.98 (0.96, 1.0)	0.98* (0.97, 0.99)	0.98* (0.97, 0.99)	0.98* (0.97, 0.997)
Black	3.0* (1.6, 5.6)	2.3* (1.62, 3.27)	2.3* (1.6, 3.3)	2.15* (1.49, 3.08)	2.4 (0.8,7.2)	1.71* (1.07, 2.75)	1.71* (1.07, 2.76)	1.54 (0.94, 2.5)
Asthma at wave 1 (current)	1.5 (0.81, 2.72)	1.78 (0.95, 3.35)	2.3* (1.06, 5.03)	2.33* (1.03, 5.25)	2.22* (1.05, 4.7)	2.37* (1.1, 5.09)	3.41* (1.39, 8.33)	3.54* (1.4, 8.99)
Treatment for asthma at wave 1	0.8 (0.1, 7.6)	. . .	0.54 (0.15, 1.93)	0.41 (0.11, 1.59)	.0007 (0, 2.4)	. . .	0.36 (0.07, 1.92)	0.27 (0.05, 1.55)
Depression	16.3* (9.7, 27.3)	. . .	. . .	9.93* (6.37, 14.27)	22.0* (10.5, 46.0)	. . .	. . .	9.78* (5.9, 16.21)

Note. OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; AOR = adjusted odds ratio.

^aAdjusted for gender, age, and race.

^bAdjusted for gender, age, race, and treatment for asthma.

^cAdjusted for gender, age, race, treatment for asthma, and major depression (lifetime).

*P < .05.