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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 3.

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

Total sample (npersons=3,055) Ideators (npersons=575) Ideators with plan (npersons=256) Ideators without plan (npersons=319)

Lifetime ideation Lifetime attempt Lifetime plan Lifetime attempt Lifetime attempt

(nperson-years=71,451) (nperson-years=75,871) (nperson-years=3,949) (nperson-years=1,783) (nperson-years=2,972)

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) 2.2* (1.6–3.0) 1.4 (0.9–2.3) 0.3* (0.2–0.5) 0.7 (0.4–1.4) 2.3 (0.3–16.4)
MOS: Combat arms (vs. Combat service support) 0.7* (0.5–1.0) 1.0 (0.5–2.0) 0.9 (0.4–1.7) 2.8 (0.7–11.6) 0.5 (0.1–2.3)
MOS: Combat support (vs. Combat service support) 1.1 (0.9–1.4) 1.2 (0.8–1.6) 0.6 (0.4–1.1) 1.6 (0.8–3.6) 0.4 (0.1–1.2)
F(2,209), p-value 3.3* 0.041 0.4 0.64 1.4 0.24 1.3 0.27 1.3 0.28
Post-Enlistment (vs. Pre-) 0.7* (0.6–0.9) 1.5 (0.8–2.7) 0.8 (0.5–1.3) 0.9 (0.5–1.7) 2.6 (0.8–8.6)
Rank: Junior (vs. Officer) 1.1 (0.9–1.5) 3.8* (2.0–7.3) 1.5 (0.7–3.1) 3.2* (1.4–7.5) 6.1* (1.3–27.8)
Rank: Senior (vs. Officer) 1.1 (0.8–1.3) 2.2* (1.2–3.9) 0.8 (0.5–1.5) 2.6* (1.0–6.8) 4.3* (1.0–18.1)
F(2,209), p-value 0.5 0.63 7.8* <.001 2.9 0.06 3.6* 0.030 2.8 0.06

Model 2 (pre- enlistment) Regular Army (vs. Guard-Reserve) 2.1* (1.4–3.1) 1.0 (0.6–1.7) 0.2* (0.1–0.5) 0.5 (0.2–1.2) 2960.0* (417.0–20047.0)
MOS: Combat arms (vs. Combat service support) 0.7 (0.4–1.0) 0.8 (0.4–1.7) 0.7 (0.4–1.5) 2.7 (0.6–11.7) 0.3 (0.0–2.6)
MOS: Combat support (vs. Combat service support) 1.2 (0.9–1.7) 1.1 (0.8–1.7) 0.4* (0.2–0.9) 1.3 (0.5–3.4) 0.5 (0.2–1.3)
F(2,209), p-value 3.5* 0.03 0.5 0.62 2.8 0.06 0.9 0.41 1.3 0.27
Rank: Junior (vs. Officer) 0.9 (0.6–1.2) 2.3* (1.1–4.8) 1.3 (0.5–3.5) 2.2 (0.9–5.4) 5.9 (0.7–52.9)
Rank: Senior (vs. Officer) 1.0 (0.7–1.4) 2.3* (1.0–5.4) 0.7 (0.3–2.0) 2.5 (0.7–8.2) 13.9* (1.9–102.0)
F(2,209), p-value 0.7 0.50 2.3 0.10 2.5 0.09 1.5 0.23 3.9* 0.022

Model 2 (post- enlistment) Regular Army (vs. Guard-Reserve) 2.4* (1.4–4.0) 2.8 (0.9–8.5) 0.4* (0.2–0.9) 1.7 (0.4–7.0) 0.8 (0.1–8.0)
MOS: Combat arms (vs. Combat service support) 0.6 (0.3–1.3) 1.2 (0.3–5.3) 1.2 (0.3–4.9) 3.9 (0.4–41.1) 0.6 (0.1–5.4)
MOS: Combat support (vs. Combat service support) 1.0 (0.6–1.5) 1.2 (0.6–2.5) 1.0 (0.5–2.0) 2.7 (1.0–7.8) 0.2 (0.0–1.4)
F(2,209), p-value 0.7 0.49 0.1 0.90 0.0 0.96 1.9 0.16 1.3 0.28
Rank: Junior (vs. Officer) 2.0* (1.2–3.4) 7.3* (2.1–26.0) 2.4 (0.9–6.5) 12.4* (1.6–99.1) 7.3* (1.4–37.2)
Rank: Senior (vs. Officer) 1.2 (0.8–1.9) 1.9 (0.5–7.1) 1.1 (0.4–2.9) 4.6 (0.5–39.8) 0.7 (0.1–3.7)
F(2,209), p-value 4.1* 0.018 6.1* 0.003 2.6 0.08 2.9 0.06 5.0* 0.008

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