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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Compr Psychiatry. 2013 Apr 17;54(7):790–796. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.03.004

Table 2.

Logistic Multiple Regression Models testing the effects of Hopelessness on the relationship between depression and suicide

Independent variable All suicides and controls (N=808) Male suicides and controls (n=416) Female suicides and controls (n=392)
Model 1
Without hopelessness
Model 2
With hopelessness
Model 3
Without hopelessness
Model 4
With hopelessness
Model 5
Without hopelessness
Model 6
With hopelessness
OR 95%CI P OR 95%CI P OR 95%CI P OR 95%CI P OR 95%CI P OR 95%CI P
Age 1.038 0.999–1.080 0.057 1.100 1.033–1.171 0.003 1.075 1.004–1.151 0.038
Education years 0.901 0.815–0.996 0.042 0.868 0.777–0.971 0.013 0.829 0.706–0.973 0.022 0.792 0.666–0.943 0.009
Status in the family
  Low 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
  Average 0.205 0.053–0.788 0.021 0.253 0.052–1.234 0.089 0.064 0.008–0.533 0.011 0.062 0.005–0.758 0.029
  High 0.225 0.059–0.857 0.029 0.441 0.091–2.137 0.309 0.061 0.008–0.491 0.009 0.075 0.006–0.906 0.042
Physical health condition
  Poor 1.0 0.045
  Average 0.317 0.126–0.794 0.014
  Good 0.429 0.195–0.945 0.036
Personal annual income
  Low 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
  Average 0.123 0.029–0.516 0.004 0.209 0.041–1.062 0.059 0.019 0.002–0.150 <0.001 0.034 0.003–0.342 0.004 1.534 0.136–17.337 0.729 1.698 0.141–20.417 0.676
  High 0.125 0.050–0.315 <0.001 0.142 0.049–0.414 <0.001 0.063 0.019–0.215 <0.001 0.073 0.019–0.275 <0.001 0.078 0.011–0.554 0.011 0.065 0.005–0.793 0.032
Religion 5.237 0.903–30.376 0.065
Functional impulsivity 0.821 0.735–0.917 <0.001 0.872 0.767–0.991 0.036 0.730 0.612–0.872 0.001 0.791 0.649–0.963 0.019
Dysfunctional impulsivity 1.217 1.115–1.330 <0.001 1.230 1.115–1.357 <0.001 1.281 1.119–1.467 <0.001 1.307 1.128–1.515 <0.001 1.204 1.082–1.388 0.001 1.198 1.057–1.358 0.005
Approach coping 0.896 0.874–0.919 <0.001 0.944 0.918–0.971 <0.001 0.903 0.872–0.934 <0.001 0.945 0.908–0.984 0.006 0.878 0.848–0.910 <0.001 0.923 0.886–0.961 <0.001
Avoidance coping 1.051 1.019–1.084 0.002 1.078 1.026–1.133 0.003
Depression 6.177 2.283–16.714 <0.001 3.667 1.151–11.687 0.028 4.239 1.179–15.242 0.027 18.110 3.303–99.299 0.001
Hopelessness 1.140 1.107–1.174 <0.001 1.124 1.080–1.170 <0.001 1.161 1.112–1.213 <0.001

Constant 8.061 0.001 0.032 0.016 36.357 0.046 0.280 0.569 13.253 <0.001 0.001 <0.001
Nagelkerke R2 0.689 0.774 0.766 0.818 0.638 0.743
Hosmer and Lemeshow Test x2=7.524, p=0.481 x2=23.990, p=0.002 x2=2.897, p=0.941 x2=13.371, p=0.100 x2=7.041, p=0.532 x2=15.445, p=0.051