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. 2009 Aug 11;339:b2880. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b2880

Table 4.

 Suicidality risk for active drug relative to placebo (ideation or worse) in all adults by indication

Indication category Drug Placebo Odds ratio (95% CI), P value Risk difference/1000 (95% CI), P value
Events Participants Events Participants
All indications 326 63 327 204 35 904 0.85 (0.71 to 1.02), 0.08 −0.87 (−1.89 to 0.15), 0.10
Psychiatric indications:
 All 314 50 043 197 27 164 0.83 (0.69 to 1.00), 0.05 −1.28 (−2.57 to 0.00), 0.05
 Major depression 218 30 485 123 14 728 0.85 (0.67 to 1.07), 0.16 −1.42 (−3.23 to 0.40), 0.12
 Other depression 13 2744 9 1863 0.90 (0.38 to 2.14), 0.81 −0.15 (−4.40 to 4.11), 0.95
 Other 83 16 814 65 10 573 0.79 (0.56 to 1.11), 0.17 −1.37 (−3.33 to 0.59), 0.17
Non-psychiatric indications 12 13 284 7 8740 1.47 (0.57 to 3.79), 0.42 0.28 (−0.50 to 1.05), 0.48
Behavioural indications 6 8144 3 5218 1.43 (0.35 to 5.86), 0.62 0.16 (−0.72 to 1.03), 0.72
Other indications 6 5140 4 3522 1.51 (0.42 to 5.40), 0.53 0.38 (−0.96 to 1.73), 0.58