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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2017 Jun 20;48(2):230–250. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12363

Table 2.

Predictors of lifetime suicidality in male only sample, weighted analysis.

Total sample (npersons =26,927) Ideators (npersons=3,344) Ideators with plan (npersons=1,168) Ideators without plan (npersons=2,176)

Lifetime ideation Lifetime attempt Lifetime plan Lifetime attempt Lifetime attempt

(nperson-years=653,626) (nperson-years=681,557) (nperson-years=25,028) (nperson-years=9,082) (nperson-years=20,815)
Model number and included variables OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Model 1 (total) Regular Army (vs. Guard-Reserve) 1.9* (1.5–2.4) 2.5* (1.8–3.5) 0.7 (0.5–1.1) 2.8* (1.8–4.3) 0.8 (0.4–1.6)
MOS: Combat arms (vs. Combat service support) 1.1 (0.9–1.2) 1.2 (0.9–1.5) 1.0 (0.7–1.3) 1.4 (0.9–2.2) 1.0 (0.6–1.8)
MOS: Combat support (vs. Combat service support) 1.0 (0.9–1.2) 1.0 (0.7–1.5) 1.1 (0.8–1.5) 0.9 (0.5–1.6) 1.1 (0.6–1.9)
F(2,209), p-value 0.3 0.76 0.8 0.45 0.4 0.68 2.2 0.12 0.0 0.96
Post-Enlistment (vs. Pre-) 0.9 (0.8–1.1) 0.9 (0.6–1.4) 0.9 (0.8–1.1) 0.6* (0.3–0.9) 1.0 (0.6–1.7)
Rank: Junior (vs. Officer) 1.8* (1.4–2.1) 4.6* (2.6–8.1) 1.2 (0.7–2.0) 3.0* (1.6–5.7) 2.9* (1.2–6.9)
Rank: Senior (vs. Officer) 1.2 (1.0–1.5) 2.3* (1.3–4.2) 1.2 (0.7–2.0) 2.1* (1.1–4.1) 1.2 (0.5–3.4)
F(2,209), p-value 29.3* <.001 23.9* <.001 0.2 0.79 5.5* 0.005 7.2* <.001

Model 2 (pre- enlistment) Regular Army (vs. Guard-Reserve) 1.6* (1.2–2.1) 1.7* (1.0–2.8) 0.6* (0.4–1.0) 2.6* (1.4–4.9) 0.6 (0.2–1.8)
MOS: Combat arms (vs. Combat service support) 1.1 (0.9–1.3) 1.3 (0.8–2.0) 1.0 (0.7–1.4) 1.4 (0.7–2.8) 1.3 (0.6–2.7)
MOS: Combat support (vs. Combat service support) 1.1 (0.9–1.3) 1.1 (0.7–1.7) 1.0 (0.7–1.5) 1.0 (0.5–1.9) 1.2 (0.6–2.5)
F(2,209), p-value 0.8 0.46 0.5 0.63 0.0 0.99 0.8 0.46 0.3 0.76
Rank: Junior (vs. Officer) 1.5* (1.2–1.8) 3.6* (1.7–7.2) 1.3 (0.7–2.5) 3.1* (1.2–7.5) 1.8* (0.5–6.2)
Rank: Senior (vs. Officer) 1.3* (1.0–1.5) 2.3* (1.1–4.7) 1.5 (0.8–3.0) 2.0 (0.8–5.0) 0.9 (0.2–3.7)
F(2,209), p-value 9.8* <.001 7.2* <.001 0.7 0.49 3.1* 0.046 2.4 0.10

Model 2 (post- enlistment) Regular Army (vs. Guard-Reserve) 2.1* (1.5–2.9) 3.4* (1.8–6.2) 1.1 (0.6–1.9) 3.0* (1.3–6.7) 1.1 (0.4–3.2)
MOS: Combat arms (vs. Combat service support) 0.9 (0.8–1.1) 1.1 (0.7–1.7) 1.0 (0.6–1.6) 1.5 (0.7–3.2) 0.8 (0.4–1.8)
MOS: Combat support (vs. Combat service support) 1.0 (0.7–1.3) 0.9 (0.5–1.6) 1.3 (0.8–2.0) 0.7 (0.3–2.0) 0.9 (0.4–2.0)
F(2,209), p-value 0.2 0.79 0.2 0.79 0.8 0.45 1.1 0.34 0.2 0.86
Rank: Junior (vs. Officer) 1.8* (1.2–2.6) 5.0* (2.2–11.5) 1.4 (0.8–2.3) 3.7* (1.4–9.7) 6.0* (2.0–17.6)
Rank: Senior (vs. Officer) 1.0 (0.7–1.5) 2.2 (0.9–5.1) 1.0 (0.6–1.7) 2.2 (0.9–5.5) 1.8 (0.5–6.1)
F(2,209), p-value 9.5* <.001 14.9* <.001 0.8 0.44 4.9* 0.009 9.4* <.001

Note. Person-year interval variable OR’s were not reported.