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. 2018 May;232:177–184. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.01.028

Table 2.

Association of compositional, contextual factors and lifetime attempted suicide risk, overall and by sex (models are adjusted for all factors presented).

OR (95% CI)
P-value for interaction*
All Female Male
Individual factors
 Male gender 0.95 (0.89,1.01)
 Age group
  10–25 1 1 1
  26–40 1.84 (1.69,2.01) 1.40 (1.25,1.57) 2.62 (2.28,3.01)
  41–55 1.20 (1.08,1.33) 0.76 (0.66,0.88) 1.98 (1.70,2.31)
  55+ 0.53 (0.46,0.61) 0.25 (0.20,0.32) 1.09 (0.90,1.33)
 Education
  University/A-level 1 1 1
  O-level 2.10 (1.85,2.37) 1.94 (1.66,2.26) 2.75 (2.21,3.43)
  Primary 3.27 (2.82,3.80) 2.67 (2.19,3.27) 4.72 (3.71,6.01) <0.001
  Not attended 3.22 (2.60,3.98) 2.99 (2.25,3.96) 5.20 (3.72,7.28)
Household factors
 Asset score
  High 1 1 1
  Moderate 1.61 (1.50,1.74) 1.50 (1.36,1.67) 1.70 (1.53,1.90) 0.004
  Low 2.37 (2.10,2.67) 2.07 (1.75,2.45) 2.57 (2.19,3.03)
 No. of generations in the household
  1 1 1 1
  2 0.79 (0.69,0.89) 0.78 (0.65,0.93) 0.79 (0.67,0.93)
  3 0.79 (0.70,0.90) 0.76 (0.63,0.92) 0.78 (0.66,0.93) 0.933
  4 0.53 (0.42,0.65) 0.53 (0.39,0.71) 0.52 (0.38,0.70)
  Household "alcohol" problem 2.31 (2.15,2.48) 1.96 (1.77,2.16) 2.66 (2.41,2.95) <0.001
Area factors
 Deprivation**
  0–8% 1 1 1
  9–10% 1.27 (1.05,1.55) 1.24 (0.99,1.55) 1.33 (1.04,1.70)
  11–14% 1.02 (0.84,1.23) 1.00 (0.80,1.24) 1.05 (0.82,1.33) 0.484
  15–18% 1.23 (1.02,1.49) 1.18 (0.95,1.47) 1.30 (1.02,1.65)
  19–56% 1.45 (1.21,1.74) 1.36 (1.10,1.68) 1.52 (1.20,1.92)
 Alcohol "problem"***
  1–20% 1 1 1
  21–23% 1.18 (0.98,1.43) 1.16 (0.93,1.44) 1.19 (0.93,1.51)
  24–26% 1.09 (0.90,1.32) 1.08 (0.86,1.34) 1.08 (0.85,1.37) 0.736
  27–30% 1.14 (0.95,1.38) 1.08 (0.87,1.34) 1.21 (0.95,1.53)
  31–46% 1.44 (1.19,1.75) 1.46 (1.18,1.81) 1.40 (1.10,1.78)
 Pesticide access****
  19–73% 1 1 1
  74–77% 0.94 (0.77,1.14) 0.81 (0.65,1.01) 1.10 (0.86,1.41)
  78–83% 0.95 (0.79,1.14) 0.80 (0.65,0.99) 1.12 (0.89,1.41) 0.001
  84–87% 0.93 (0.77,1.12) 0.85 (0.69,1.05) 1.01 (0.79,1.28)
  88–98% 1.01 (0.84,1.21) 0.91 (0.74,1.12) 1.13 (0.90,1.42)
*

Likelihood ratio test to indicate whether the inclusion of an interaction term with sex improved data fit.

**

% of households with a low asset score categorised into quintiles.

***

% of households with 'problem' alcohol use categorised into quintiles.

****

% of households with access to pesticides categorised into quintiles.