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. 2013 Nov 8;9:1725–1736. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S40213

Table 1.

Summary of available factors correlated with suicidality

Variable Number of risk-factor-significant references in multivariate analysis (significant/total) (S) Number of risk-factor-significant references in multivariate analysis (significant/total) (SA) Number of risk-factor-significant references in univariate analysis (significant/total) (S) Number of risk-factor-significant references in univariate analysis (significant/total) (SA)
Age 9 older/16 3 medium age/23
3 young/23
2 older/5 3 older/28
7 young-medium age/28
Sex 4 M/15 4 F/22
3 M/22
1 M/5 4 F/26
1 M/26
Ethnicity 0/1 1 Caucasian/3 0/1 2 Caucasian/4
Marital status 1 married or widowed/5 2 not married/182 divorced/18 1 not married/2 2 divorced/22
4 not married/22
2 married/22
Employment status 3 not employed/7 3 not employed/14 0/4 9 unemployed/18
1 not student/18
1 retired/18
Social class 0/2 0/5 0/1 1 low/4
Education 0/2 1 low/10 2 low/9
Housing status 2 alone/4 0/8 1 alone/2 3 alone/7
Psychiatric morbidity 2/7 5/11 1/4 6/11
Psychiatric treatment 1/3 2/7 0/2 7/8
Psychosis 2/7
1/7 rev
2/7 1/2 2/7
Mood disorders 2/3 3/4 0/1
Depression 0/5 3/10 1/2 8/12
Anxiety 0/3 2/6 0/1 4/5
Alcohol misuse 2/9 4/10 1/4 4/8
Substance misuse 1/7 0/7 0/3 2/8
Somatic diagnosis 3/4 1/41 rev/4 1/2 1/3
Family history of S 0/1 1/2 2/4
Personality disorders 0/7 2/6
5/9
3/6
4/5
History of sexual abuse 7/11
1 rev/11
13/16 1/5 13/14
Method 1 less poison/4 2 penetrating/9 0/2 2 more poison/8
Suicidal ideation 5/9 1/13
1 rev/13
1/2 6/14
Hopelessness 0/2 2/8 5/6
Circumstances 0/3 0/6 0/2 2/8
Family environment 1 bad/1 2 bad/3
Criminal record 1/4 2/3
Global functioning 1 low/2 3 low/4 1 low/1 4 low/4
Impulsivity 1 rev/1 1/1 1 rev/1 2/2

Abbreviations: F, female; M, male; SA, suicide attempt(s); rev, reverse correlation; S, completed suicide.