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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 26.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 2007 Jun;22(2):380–385. doi: 10.1037/0882-7974.22.2.380

Table 2.

Multivariate Logistic Regression: Predictors of Suicide Ideation

Variable Step 1
Step 2
Odds ratio 95% CI Unstandardized B (SE) Wald score Odds ratio 95% Cl Unstandardized B (SE) Wald score
Constant 0.00 −7.55 (5.82) 1.69 0.01 −4.63 (6.05) 0.59
Age 1.05 0.98–1.13 0.05 (0.04) 1.92 1.06 0.98–1.14 0.06 (0.04) 2.33
Women 0.47 0.17–1.31 −0.75 (0.52) 2.08 0.49 0.18–1.39 −0.71 (0.53) 1.78
HRSD 1.26** 1.16–1.36 0.23 (0.04) 32.16 1.29** 1.18–1.40 0.25 (0.04) 31.75
MMSE 0.95 0.75–1.19 −0.05 (0.12) 0.22 0.95 0.75–1.19 −0.06 (0.12) 0.21
CIRS 0.95 0.79–1.14 −0.05 (0.09) 0.25 0.95 0.79–1.15 −0.05 (0.10) 0.29
KPSS 1.01 0.97–1.06 0.01 (0.02) 0.39 1.02 0.97–1.07 0.02 (0.02) 0.79
Negative affect 1.13 0.99–1.27 0.12 (0.06) 3.42 1.03 0.89–1.19 0.03 (0.07) 0.21
Sociability 0.99 0.75–1.29 −0.02 (0.14) 0.01 0.94 0.70–1.24 −0.07 (0.15) 0.21
Activity 1.10 0.93–1.31 0.09 (0.09) 1.28 1.16 0.97–1.40 0.16 (0.09) 2.71
Positive affect 0.78** 0.66–0.94 −0.25 (0.09) 7.32

Note. CI = confidence interval; CIRS = Cumulative Illness Rating Scale; HRSD = Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; KPSS = Karnofsky Performance Status Scale; MMSE = Mini-Mental State Exam. Negative affect, Sociability, Activity, and Positive affect are subclusters of the NEO Five-Factor Inventory.

**

p < .01.