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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Affect Disord. 2017 Feb 3;213:96–104. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.12.060

Table 3.

Early alcohol, nicotine, and cannabis use (independent variables) and onset of suicidal ideation and attempt (dependent) – odds-ratios and 95% confidence intervals from discrete-time hazard analyses (N=3,277).

Onset of Suicidal Ideation Onset of Suicide Attempt
Early Alcohol Use
Adjusted for gender, race, Hispanic, age 1.09 (0.93, 1.28) 1.49 (1.07, 2.07)
Adjusted for all covariates* 0.99 (0.84, 1.17)
not S, not AA, H, 22-yrs, M-AUD, P-AUD, B-AUD, 8-yr FU, no MDD, IDx, EDx
1.29 (0.90, 1.84)
not S, H, not 22-yrs, M-AUD, B-AUD, no MDD, EDx
Early Nicotine Use
Adjusted for gender, race, Hispanic, age 1.10 (0.91, 1.33) 1.66 (1.17, 2.37)
Adjusted for all covariates* 0.99 (0.81, 1.20)
not S, not AA, H, 22-yrs, M-AUD, P-AUD, B-AUD, 8-yr FU, no MDD, IDx, EDx
1.33 (0.91, 1.95)
not S, H, M-AUD, B-AUD, no MDD, EDx
Early Cannabis Use
Adjusted for gender, race, Hispanic, age 1.06 (0.88, 1.27) 1.45 (1.00, 2.12)
Adjusted for all covariates* 0.94 (0.77, 1.13)
not S, not AA, H, 22-yrs, M-AUD, P-AUD, B-AUD, 8-yr FU, no MDD, IDx, EDx
1.13 (0.76, 1.67)
not S, H, M-AUD, B-AUD, no MDD, EDx
*

Only significant covariates are listed: AA: race is African-American; H: Hispanic; EDx: Externalizing disorders (conduct, oppositional defiant, hyperactivity-impulsivity component of attention-deficit hyperactivity-impulsivity disorder); IDx: Internalizing disorders (panic, social phobia); MDD: Major depressive disorder; M-AUD: Maternal-only history of alcohol use disorder; P-AUD: Paternal-only history of alcohol use disorder; B-AUD: Both maternal and paternal history of alcohol use disorder; 22-yrs: aged <22 at current last assessment; 2,4,6,8,10-yr FU: participation in follow-up assessments; S: Male sex.