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. 2014 Jun 11;4(6):e004644. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004644

Table 5.

Final multivariate model for associations between childhood adversities and lifetime (LT) suicidality*

LT attempts in total sample†
Ideators among total sample†
Ideators with LT plans‡
Ideators with LT attempts§
OR (95% CI) χ2 OR (95% CI) χ2 OR (95% CI) χ2 OR (95% CI) χ2
Physical abuse 2.2 (1.3 to 3.8)¶ 8.9 (0.003)¶ 2.1 (1.6 to 2.8)¶ 25.4 (<0.001)¶ 0.4 (0.2 to 1.0)¶ 4.3 (0.038)¶ 0.8 (0.3 to 2.1) 0.3 (0.60)
Sexual abuse 9.3 (2.5 to 35.2)¶ 11.2 (<0.001)¶ 3.7 (0.9 to 15.9) 3.3 (0.07)
Parent died 1.2 (0.7 to 2.3) 0.4 (0.51) 1.7 (1.1 to 2.6)¶ 6.6 (0.010)¶ 0.4 (0.1 to 1.3) 2.2 (0.14) 0.6 (0.3 to 1.1) 2.8 (0.10)
Parent divorced 3.1 (1.7 to 5.6)¶ 14.5 (<0.001)¶ 1.9 (1.2 to 3.0)¶ 8.1 (0.004)¶ 0.7 (0.2 to 2.3) 0.4 (0.51) 2.4 (0.9 to 6.4) 3.0 (0.08)
Other parent loss 1.1 (0.3 to 4.3) 0.0 (0.87) 2.1 (1.3 to 3.6)¶ 8.3 (0.004)¶ 0.3 (0.0 to 2.0) 1.8 (0.18) 1.3 (0.1 to 13.3) 0.1 (0.79)
Family violence 0.9 (0.3 to 2.3) 0.1 (0.76) 1.1 (0.6 to 2.3) 0.2 (0.69) 0.4 (0.1 to 1.8) 1.6 (0.20) 1.2 (0.4 to 4.1) 0.1 (0.76)
Physical illness 1.4 (0.4 to 5.3) 0.2 (0.63) 1.6 (0.7 to 3.3) 1.4 (0.24) 0.6 (0.1 to 2.5) 0.5 (0.46) 0.9 (0.2 to 3.3) 0.0 (0.85)
Financial adversity 1.3 (0.4 to 3.7) 0.2 (0.65) 0.9 (0.4 to 1.7) 0.1 (0.71) 1.6 (0.4 to 6.0) 0.6 (0.44) 1.4 (0.5 to 4.3) 0.4 (0.52)
Group significance test for all types 29.4 (<0.001)¶ 43.0 (<0.001)¶ 833.9 (<0.001)¶ 11.5 (0.18)
Significance test for difference between types 13.1 (0.07) 9.2 (0.24) 805.7 (<0.001)¶ 11.8 (0.11)
2+ adversities 0.7 (0.2 to 1.8) 0.7 (0.41) 0.5 (0.3 to 0.9)¶ 4.9 (0.028)¶ 4.7 (0.8 to 29.2) 2.9 (0.09) 2.9 (0.8 to 10.6) 2.7 (0.10)
Group significant test of controls: demographic variables 414.6 (<0.001)¶ 1112.0 (<0.001)¶ 214.0 (<0.001)¶ 10.4 (0.005)¶
Group significance of controls: demographics and interactions between demographics and intervals 831.6 (<0.001)¶ 1405.7 (<0.001)¶ 1063.6 (<0.001)¶ 174.7 (<0.001)¶
Group significance of controls: demographics and interactions between demographics and intervals 8596.4 (<0.001)¶ 6292.0 (<0.001)¶ 4268.0 (<0.001)¶ 532.5 (<0.001)¶
Group significance of controls: parent psychopathology 11.6 (0.003)¶ 15.4 (<0.001)¶ 15.0 (0.020)¶

*Assessed in part 2 sample due to having part 2 controls. Controls for the model include intervals (1–5 intervals), and also include significant variables from demographic and parent psychopathology models, details in the following footnotes.

†Model controls for intervals (1–5 intervals), demographics (sex, age, time-varying education), interaction between intervals (13–19, 20–29, 30+) and age, education. For parent psychopathology, controlling for number of parental disorders (dummies for 1, 2+ disorders).

‡Model controls for intervals (1–5 intervals), demographics (sex, age, time-varying education), interaction between intervals (13–19, 20–29, 30+) and age, education. For parent psychopathology, controlling for types of parental disorders (6 dummies).

§Model controls for intervals (1–5 intervals), demographics (sex, age, time-varying education), interaction between intervals (13–19, 20–29, 30+) and age, education. Parent psychopathology not controlled for due to insignificance in previous models.

¶Significant at the 0.05 level, two-sided test.