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. 2012 Aug 22;345:e4972. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e4972

Table 2.

 Number of patients with subsequent suicide attempt at one year follow-up, by source of data on new events and by subgroup. Values are number of patients with one or more new events/number in group with available data (percentage) unless otherwise stated

Intervention group Standard group P value Odds ratio (95% CI)
Data source
Hospital recorded 20/123 (16) 13/120 (11) 0.22 1.60 (0.76 to 3.38)
Self reported 11/95 (12) 13/74 (18) 0.27 0.61 (0.26 to 1.46)
Estimated by multiple imputations 15/123 (12) 23/120 (19) 0.32 0.69 (0.34 to 1.43)
Subgroup analysis
Age
 11-19 7/30 (23) 7/26 (27) 0.76 0.83 (0.25 to 2.77)
 20-39 10/65 (15) 4/66 (6) 0.10* 2.82 (0.84 to 9.50)
 40+ 3/28 (11) 2/28 (7) 1.00* 1.56 (0.24 to 10.14)
Sex
 Male 7/27 (26) 2/32 (6) 0.07* 5.25 (0.99 to 27.90)
 Female 13/96 (14) 11/88 (13) 0.83 1.10 (0.46 to 2.59)
Diagnosis
 Mild to moderate depression† 19/110 (17) 13/112 (12) 0.23 1.59 (0.74 to 3.40)
 Personality disorder‡ 9/110 (8) 7/112 (6) 0.58 1.34 (0.48 to 3.73)

*Fisher’s exact test.

†Diagnosed at time of inclusion (ICD-10: F32.0-1, F32.8-9, F33.0-1, F33.4-9, F34-39).

‡Diagnosed at time of inclusion (ICD-10: F60-69).