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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Affect Disord. 2008 Dec 21;116(3):218–221. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.12.002

Table 2.

Hazard ratios, and 95% confidence intervals, for suicide mortality by body mass index and unexplained weight loss in men (N=18 784, 61 deaths).

Age-adjusted (A) A + Mutually adjusted
Hazard Ratio (95% CI) p-value Hazard Ratio (95% CI) p-value
Body mass index (kg/m2)+
 Normal weight 18.5–24.9 1.00 1.00
 Overweight 25.0–29.9 0.64 (0.37 – 1.13) 0.12 0.70 (0.39 – 1.23) 0.12
 Obese ≥ 30 2.22 (0.94 – 5.28) 0.07 2.48 (1.04 – 5.92) 0.04
Unexplained weight loss
 No 1.00 1.00
 Yes 5.38 (2.13 – 12.50) <0.001 5.58 (2.37 – 13.13) <0.001
+

Underweight category has no suicide deaths and is not presented here