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

Table 9.

 Suicidality risk for active drug relative to placebo by age and diagnostic category

Diagnostic category Age <25 Age 25-64 Age ≥65
Estimate (95% CI) P value Estimate (95% CI) P value Estimate (95% CI) P value
Odds ratio
Ideation or worse:
 Major depressive disorder 1.46 (0.70 to 3.07) 0.31 0.89 (0.68 to 1.16) 0.38 0.38 (0.19 to 0.79) 0.01
 Other depression 1.10 (0.18 to 6.56) 0.92 0.84 (0.31 to 2.30) 0.74 No events
 Other psychiatric disorders 1.92 (0.88 to 4.20) 0.10 0.61 (0.41 to 0.89) 0.01 One event
Ideation alone:
 Major depressive disorder 1.56 (0.56 to 4.35) 0.40 0.74 (0.54 to 1.01) 0.06 0.56 (0.26 to 1.24) 0.15
 Other depression One event 1.06 (0.34 to 3.30) 0.92 No events
 Other psychiatric disorders 1.07 (0.40 to 2.81) 0.90 0.64 (0.41 to 0.99) 0.04 One event
Preparation or worse:
 Major depressive disorder 1.36 (0.47 to 3.96) 0.40 1.41 (0.83 to 2.38) 0.20 0.06 (0.01 to 0.58) 0.01
 Other depression 2.07 (0.22 to 19.5) 0.52 0.32 (0.03 to 3.56) 0.35 No events
 Other psychiatric disorders 4.82 (1.08 to 21.4) 0.04 0.51 (0.22 to 1.18) 0.11 No events
Risk difference/1000 participants
Ideation or worse:
 Major depressive disorder 4.53 (−2.76 to 11.8) 0.22 −1.00 (−2.95 to 0.95) 0.32 −7.32 (−12.6 to −2.04) 0.01
 Other depression 5.00 (−37.2 to 47.2) 0.82 −0.51 (−4.32 to 3.30) 0.79 No events
 Other psychiatric disorders 5.73 (−0.30 to 11.8) 0.06 −2.51 (−4.59 to −0.42) 0.02 −3.84 (−8.81 to 1.13) 0.13
Ideation alone:
 Major depressive disorder 3.49 (−1.95 to 8.94) 0.21 −1.61 (−3.28 to 0.06) 0.06 −3.71 (−7.91 to 0.50) 0.08
 Other depression −11.5 (−29.4 to 6.42) 0.21 0.25 (−3.09 to 3.58) 0.88 No events
 Other psychiatric disorders 0.79 (−4.00 to 5.58) 0.75 −1.82 (−3.67 to 0.03) 0.05 −3.84 (−8.81 to 1.13) 0.13
Preparation or worse:
 Major depressive disorder 0.91 (−4.09 to 5.92) 0.72 0.60 (−0.41 to 1.60) 0.24 −3.41 (−6.25 to −0.57) 0.02
 Other depression 19.1 (−17.0 to 55.2) 0.30 −0.76 (−2.51 to 1.00) 0.40 No events
 Other psychiatric disorders 5.11 (1.31 to 8.91) 0.01 −0.59 (−1.50 to 0.32) 0.20 No events