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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Nerv Ment Dis. 2011 Dec;199(12):928–933. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3182392c39

Table 2.

Bivariate model for associations between traumatic events and lifetime (LT) suicidal behaviour1

LT Attempts in total sample2 Ideators among total sample3 Among Ideators, LT Plans4 Among Ideators, LT Attempts5
OR(95% CI) Chisquare OR(95% CI) Chisquare OR(95% CI) Chisquare OR(95% CI) Chisquare
Combat 0.3 (0.0-2.7) 1.1(0.30) 3.7* (1.8-7.6)* 13.7(<.001)* 1.4 (0.3-6.1) 0.3(0.61) 0.8 (0.2-3.5) 0.1(0.78)
Exposure to War 1.1 (0.4-3.0) 0.0(0.93) 1.3 (0.8-1.9) 1.2(0.28) 1.2 (0.6-2.6) 0.2(0.62) 0.6 (0.2-1.7) 1.0(0.31)
Refugee 2.2 (0.5-10.0) 1.1(0.29) 2.2 (0.6-7.4) 1.6(0.21) 1.0 (0.1-10.7) 0.0(0.99) 3.7 (0.5-29.5) 1.6(0.20)
All Man Made Disasters 2.3 (0.8-6.3) 2.6(0.11) 1.9* (1.0-3.6)* 4.4(0.036)* 0.8 (0.3-2.3) 0.2(0.68) 1.5 (0.5-4.5) 0.5(0.48)
Accident 1.9 (0.9-3.7) 3.3(0.07) 2.1* (1.4-3.2)* 13.0(<.001)* 0.7 (0.3-1.7) 0.6(0.42) 1.0 (0.4-2.7) 0.0(0.96)
Natural Disaster 0.9 (0.4-2.2) 0.0(0.84) 1.1 (0.5-2.4) 0.0(0.88) 0.4 (0.1-1.5) 2.1(0.14) 0.6 (0.2-2.2) 0.5(0.47)
Interpersonal Violence 2.0* (1.2-3.3)* 7.6(0.006)* 2.0* (1.3-2.9)* 12.4(<.001)* 1.7 (0.8-4.0) 1.7(0.19) 1.2 (0.6-2.3) 0.2(0.63)
Sexual Violence 5.2* (2.5-10.5)* 21.2(<.001)* 2.5* (1.6-4.0)* 16.3(<.001)* 1.1 (0.4-3.1) 0.0(0.88) 2.9* (1.2-6.9)* 6.3(0.012)*
Death of Loved One 1.3 (0.8-2.1) 0.9(0.35) 1.4 (1.0-2.1) 3.6(0.06) 1.3 (0.6-2.6) 0.5(0.47) 0.9 (0.6-1.5) 0.1(0.79)
Trauma to Loved one 1.3 (0.5-3.5) 0.3(0.55) 1.1 (0.7-1.8) 0.1(0.71) 1.1 (0.4-3.0) 0.1(0.80) 1.1 (0.3-4.1) 0.0(0.86)
Witness Violence 2.1* (1.3-3.3)* 9.9(0.002)* 2.1* (1.5-2.8)* 22.9(<.001)* 1.2 (0.6-2.5) 0.2(0.64) 1.0 (0.5-2.0) 0.0(0.90)
Perpetrater Violence 0.5 (0.1-4.0) 0.4(0.52) 2.2 (0.9-5.3) 3.5(0.06) 0.4 (0.0-8.1) 0.3(0.57) 0.3 (0.0-3.6) 0.9(0.34)
All Other 1.4 (0.6-3.5) 0.7(0.40) 1.8* (1.1-3.2)* 4.8(0.029)* 1.1 (0.3-3.9) 0.0(0.84) 0.5 (0.2-1.6) 1.5(0.22)
*

Significant at the .05 level, two-sided test

1

Assessed in Part 2 sample due to having part 2 controls. Each row represents a separate bivariate model; controls for the model include person-years as well as sociodemographic (age, sex, education), parent psychopathology (parental depression, panic, etc.), and child adversity (child abuse, neglect, etc) factors.

2

Assessed in Part 2 sample due to having part 2 controls. Each row represents a separate bivariate model; controls for the model include person-years, and also include significant variables from demographic, parent psychopathology models, and child adversity models details in following footnotes.

3

Models controls for person-years, demographics (sex, age, time-varying education), interaction between life course intervals (ages 4-12, 13-19, 20-29, 30+ years), age, and education. For parent psychopathology, controlling for number of parental disorders (dummies for 1, 2+ disorders). For child adversity, controlling for number of adversities (dummies for 1,2+ adversities

4

Models controls for person-years, demographics (sex, age, time-varying education), interaction between life course intervals (ages 4-12, 13-19, 20-29, 30+ years), age and education. For parent psychopathology, controlling for types of parental disorders (6 dummies). For child adversity, controlling for types of adversity (8 dummies, 1 for each adversity).

5

Models controls for person-years), demographics (sex, age, time-varying education), interaction between life course intervals (ages 4-12, 13-19, 20-29, 30+ years), age, education. Parent psychopathology not controlled for due to insignificance in previous models. For child adversity, controlling for number of adversities (dummies for 1,2+ adversities).