Table 4.
Association Between Offspring Regular Smoking, Nicotine Dependence, and Suicidal Behavior in Males and Females Adjusted for Father Suicidea, Father Nicotine Dependenceb, and Father Conduct Disorderc
| Ideation | Ideation + plan | Ideation + plan + attempt or ideation + attempt | |
| Males | |||
| Age | 1.06 (1.02–1.11) | 1.01 (0.92–1.11) | 1.0 (0.89–1.12) |
| Offspring smoking | |||
| Never | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Ever | 1.17 (0.72–1.91) | 3.56 (0.78–16.27) | 1.40 (0.33–6.01) |
| Regular smoking | 1.78 (0.96–3.32) | 10.10 (2.08–48.92) | 3.37 (0.67–16.93) |
| Nicotine dependence | 1.14 (0.61–1.92) | 8.32 (1.84–37.61) | 8.49 (2.29–31.48) |
| Females | |||
| Age | 1.02 (0.98–1.06) | 1.01 (0.95–1.08) | 1.00 (0.93–1.08) |
| Offspring smoking | |||
| Never | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Ever | 1.46 (0.94–2.27) | 0.70 (0.26–1.87) | 1.79 (0.72–4.44) |
| Regular smoking | 1.49 (0.86–2.58) | 1.49 (0.57–3.89) | 4.76 (1.93–11.74) |
| Nicotine dependence | 2.32 (1.27–4.24) | 3.16 (1.23–8.11) | 8.61 (3.59–20.69) |
Note. aEver thought, planned, or attempted suicide.
DSM-III-R criteria.
Adjusted for seven-level sampling design variable and missing maternal data variable. Bold text indicates significant odds ratio.