Table 3.

Predictors of suicide ideation: multivariate linear regression analysis

Predictor	Suicide Ideation (n= 1801)
	Step 1		Step 2
	T-value	Unstandardized Beta (SE)	T-value	Unstandardized Beta (SE)
Age	0.86	0.00 (0.00)	0.85	0.00 (0.00)
Female gender	1.59	0.05 (0.03)	1.66	0.05 (0.03)
Education level	2.20*	0.03 (0.02)	2.24*	0.03 (0.02)
Income	0.03	0.00 (0.00)	−0.01	−0.00 (0.00)
Cognitive screening score	0.37	0.01 (0.02)	0.45	0.01 (0.02)
Positive anxiety screening score	4.17***	0.14 (0.04)	4.20***	0.20 (0.03)
Neuroticism	6.50***	0.02 (0.00)	6.52***	0.02 (0.00)
Prior depression treatment	0.55	0.02 (0.03)	0.60	0.02 (0.03)
Mood disorder	2.90**	0.09 (0.03)	2.90**	0.09 (0.03)
Chronic medical problems	0.27	0.00 (0.01)	0.25	0.00 (0.01)
Happiness	−4.10***	−0.06 (0.01)	−4.21***	−0.06 (0.01)
Chronic medical problems X happiness	—	—	−2.28*	−0.02 (0.01)

Income = Total income level in the last year; Education level = less than high school, high school graduate, some college, college graduate; Cognitive screening score = six-item screening tool derived from MMSE; Anxiety Screening Score = Positive response for PTSD or Panic Disorder; Neuroticism = Subscale score from adaptation of NEO-PI-R; Prior Depression Treatment = Antidepressants or therapy in last 3 months; Mood Disorder = SCID diagnosis of Major Depression or Dysthymia or Both; Chronic medical problems = Number of self-reported diseases; Happiness=Item #14 from SF-16: Suicide Ideation = Item #13 from Hopkins Symptom Checklist. Correlations are Pearson’s r (for continuous variables) or point biserial (for dichotomous—gender, positive anxiety screen, prior depression treatment, and mood disorder).

^***p < 0.001.

^**p <0.01.

^*p < 0.05.