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. 2017 Jun 30;8(3):201–210. doi: 10.24171/j.phrp.2017.8.3.07

Table 4.

Risk factors of suicidal ideation among middle-aged adults

Characteristic Category Model II-1 Model II-2 Model II-3



OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p
Demographic

 Education ≤ Middle school 1.86 (1.19–2.92) 0.006 1.40 (0.88–2.21) 0.158 1.38 (0.87–2.21) 0.176

High school 1.73 (1.14–2.63) 0.010 1.56 (1.02–2.38) 0.041 1.48 (0.97–2.27) 0.072

≥ College 1.00 1.00 1.00

 Marital status Not married 1.11 (0.73–1.69) 0.618 1.01 (0.66–1.54) 0.978 1.05 (0.68–1.63) 0.814

Married 1.00 1.00 1.00

 Economic activity No 1.34 (0.96–1.87) 0.083 1.12 (0.79–1.58) 0.518 1.14 (0.81–1.62) 0.457

Yes 1.00 1.00 1.00

 Household income Low 2.81 (1.94–4.09) < 0.001 2.60 (1.78–3.80) < 0.001 2.11 (1.41–3.15) < 0.001

Middle 2.00 (1.36–2.96) < 0.001 2.03 (1.37–3.01) < 0.001 1.80 (1.20–2.69) 0.004

High 1.00 1.00 1.00

Health related

 Perceived health status Poor 2.83 (1.49–5.36) 0.001 2.66 (1.40–5.05) 0.003

Moderate 1.94 (1.19–3.15) 0.007 1.90 (1.17–3.09) 0.010

Good 1.00 1.00

 Subjective peer-compared health status Poor 1.89 (1.01–3.50) 0.045 1.82 (0.98–3.37) 0.060

Moderate 1.26 (0.78–2.03) 0.341 1.23 (0.77–1.99) 0.390

Good 1.00 1.00

 Sleep time (h): weekdays < 6 1.17 (0.61–2.24) 0.646 1.14 (0.59–2.21) 0.688

≥ 6 1.00 1.00

 Sleep time (h): weekend < 6 1.36 (0.78–2.38) 0.275 1.37 (0.79–2.40) 0.265

≥ 6 1.00 1.00

Social perspective

 Opportunity to success with effort No 1.59 (1.17–2.17) 0.003

Yes 1.00

 Perceived social class Lower 2.00 (0.70–5.75) 0.198

Middle 1.35 (0.48–3.79) 0.565

High 1.00

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.