Table 1.
Sociodemographic Correlates of Respondents with Lifetime Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder who Attempted Suicide.
| ADD
|
ADD
|
Odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suicide attempts
|
No suicide attempts
|
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| Sociodemographic variable (N)
|
N = 59
|
N = 306
|
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| % | SE | % | SE | |||
| Sex | ||||||
| Males (N = 186) | 52.9 | 8.2 | 58.3 | 3.3 | .81 | .40, 1.6 |
| Race | ||||||
| White (N = 293) | 85.4 | 4.7 | 84.2 | 2.2 | 1.0 | .44, 2.5 |
| African-American/Hispanic (N = 44) | 10.5 | 3.9 | 9.4 | 1.7 | 1.1 | .43, 2.8 |
| Other (N = 19) | 4.1 | 2.8 | 2.9 | .81 | 1.4 | .31, 6.3 |
| Age | ||||||
| 18–24 (N = 88) | 24.1 | 7.2 | 26.6 | 3.1 | 1.2 | .11, 12.1 |
| 25–40 (N = 207) | 47.0 | 8.2 | 56.0 | 3.3 | 1.1 | .11, 10.5 |
| 41–66 (N = 65) | 29.0 | 7.2 | 17.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | .22, 22.4 |
| Employment | ||||||
| Working (N = 269) | 68.8 | 8.0 | 74.9 | 3.0 | .77 | .42, 1.4 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married (N = 135) | 19.8 | 5.6 | 40.4 | 3.4 | .42 | .22,.82** |
| Separated/divorced (N = 82) | 33.0 | 8.0 | 19.8 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 2.7, 10.6** |
| Single (N = 148) | 47.2 | 8.2 | 39.8 | 3.3 | 1.4 | .78,.24 |
| Education | ||||||
| College graduate (N = 47) | 6.1 | 3.3 | 14.8 | 2.6 | .41 | .14, 1.2 |
| Some college (N = 118) | 23.6 | 6.1 | 30.9 | 3.0 | 1.9 | .51, 6.8 |
| High school (N = 127) | 31.9 | 8.1 | 38.2 | 3.5 | 2.0 | .53, 7.9 |
| Less than HS (N = 73) | 38.5 | 8.1 | 16.0 | 2.3 | 5.8 | 1.6, 21.9** |
| Lifetime diagnosis | ||||||
| Conduct disorder (N = 103) | 50.8 | 8.2 | 24.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 1.6, 6.5** |
| Oppositional defiant disorder (N = 156) | 64.3 | 7.8 | 41.2 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 1.3, 5.3** |
| Major depression disorder (N = 119) | 35.5 | 8.2 | 30.5 | 3.0 | 1.2 | .59, 2.7 |
| Dysthymic disorder (N = 22) | 12.6 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 2.7 | .80, 9.0 |
| Bipolar disorders (N = 56) | 9.9 | 1.7 | 1.3 | .13 | 1.3 | 1.1, 1.6** |
| Intermittent explosive disorder (N = 99) | 31.6 | 6.9 | 24.7 | 2.8 | 1.4 | .71, 2.8 |
| Substance use disorders# (N = 182) | 40.1 | 3.1 | 10.4 | 2.0 | 1.8 | .87, 3.7 |
| Anxiety disorders (N = 241) | 79.4 | 5.8 | 57.6 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 1.3, 6.0** |
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Boldface type indicates significance.
**
p < =.01.