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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Oct 4.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 Apr 11;90(1):81–88. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.02.021

Table 2.

Bivariate relationship of solvent use and history of suicide ideation or attempt

No use Use only Abuse or dependence χ2a pb
Ideationc (median)
 All 0 2 5 93.7 <.001
 Boys 0 2 5 72.3 <.001
 Girls 2 5 5 21.9 <.001
Attemptd (%)
 All 17.0 30.2 63.3 88.1 <.001
 Boys 13.7 26.0 59.5 79.5 <.001
 Girls 40.0 61.1 81.3 9.5 .009
a

For continuously measured ideation variable, Pearson’s chi-square reported for nonparametric Kruskal–Wallis test.

b

Using Bonferonni’s correction for multiple comparisons, the threshold for statistical significance in this group of comparisons is .008 (.05/6).

c

Range 0–5.

d

Measured dichotomously. Proportion of attempters reported for each level of inhalant use.