Table 2.

Prevalence and Odds Ratios (ORs) for Suicidal Ideation by Weight Status/Accuracy of Weight Perception Among US High School Students (YRBS 2007 and 2009).

Seriously Considered Attempting Suicide	%	OR (95% CI)	p
Sex			< 0.0001
Male	10.31	0.67 (0.59-0.76)
Female	18.11	<REF>
Race/Ethnicity			0.0024
White	13.54	<REF>
Black	13.16	0.86 (0.74-0.99)
Hispanic	15.63	0.91 (0.82-1.02)
Year			†
2007	14.49
2009	13.84
Age Group			0.0037
≤14	13.42	1.07 (0.90-1.28)
15	15.17	1.19 (1.06-1.35)
16	14.32	1.10 (0.96-1.27)
17	13.93	<REF>
≥18	12.60	0.96 (0.80-1.16)
Feel Sad/Hopeless	36.27		< 0.0001
Weight Status/Accuracy			< 0.0001
Healthy Weight/Accurate	10.10	<REF>
Healthy Weight/Inaccurate	18.46	1.58 (1.43-1.74)
Overweight/Accurate	17.35	1.40 (1.16-1.68)
Overweight/Inaccurate	11.36	1.17 (0.96-1.43)
Obese/Accurate	17.93	1.65 (1.38-1.97)
Obese/Inaccurate	10.78	1.13 (0.80-1.60)
Extremely Obese/Accurate	19.86	2.28 (1.48-3.49)
Extremely Obese/Inaccurate	9.55	1.13 (0.55-2.30)

Note: All listed variables were considered for inclusion in the model.

^†Not included in final model.