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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Affect Disord. 2016 Sep 28;207:291–299. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.09.033

Table 4.

Past year stressful experiences as bivariate predictors for first-onset STB.

Prevalencea Suicidal ideationb Suicide planb
n(w) %(w) (SE) OR 95% CI PARP(%) OR 95% CI PARP(%)
12-month stressful experiences
 life-threatening illness or injury of a friend or family member 399 19.5 0.8 1.02 (0.50–2.06) 0.8 1.02 (0.45–2.32) 1.0
 death of a friend or family member 376 18.4 0.8 0.90 (0.43–1.89) −1.2 0.87 (0.34–2.24) −1.4
 break-up with a romantic partner 372 18.2 0.9 1.71 (0.88–3.34) 10.8 1.83 (0.86–3.91) 12.6
 romantic partner cheated 99 4.8 0.5 3.39 (1.17–9.81) 9.0 3.97 (1.05–15.03) 11.7
 serious betrayal someone else than partner 232 11.4 0.7 5.13 (2.35–11.22) 27.1 6.57 (2.65–16.29) 34.3
 serious ongoing arguments or break-up with friend or family member 234 11.4 0.7 2.75 (1.35–5.62) 14.9 3.48 (1.66–7.33) 20.2
 life-threatening accident 19 1.0 0.2 / / / / / /
 seriously physically assaulted 39 1.9 0.3 2.91 (0.70–12.04) 3.3 3.67 (0.86–15.63) 4.6
 sexually assaulted or raped 5 0.2 0.1 / / / / / /
 trouble with the police 38 1.9 0.3 / / / / / /
 time in jail 0 0.1 0.1 / / / / / /
 other serious legal problem 9 0.4 0.2 / / / / / /
Any stressful event 956 46.8 1.0 1.75 (0.97–3.18) 24.1 2.16 (1.04–4.52) 33.2
Number of stressful experiences
 0 1087 53.2 1.0 (ref) (ref)
 1 555 27.2 0.9 1.30 (0.70–2.39) −1.1 1.54 (0.72–3.31) 0.6
 2 271 13.2 0.7 1.73 (0.79–3.80) 4.3 2.30 (0.90–5.90) 7.5
 3+ 130 6.4 0.5 3.96 (1.57–9.98) 10.9 4.61 (1.42–14.98) 12.1
  χ2 (p-value)c 5.1 (0.02) 5.1 (0.02)
a

prevalence estimate of risk factor among those that never experienced any STB at baseline (n = 2,042).

b

STB outcomes are mutually exclusive.

c

Cochran-Armitage trend test.

Note: significant ORs/PARPs are shown in bold (α = 0.05); OR = odds ratio; PARP = population attributable risk proportion; / = could not be estimated