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. 2018 Aug 8;8(8):e020969. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020969

Table 3.

Associations of sexual minority status with past-year suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among Chinese adolescents (n=150 822)

Model 1* Model 2†
OR 95% CI P values AOR 95% CI P values
Suicidal ideation
 Males
  Heterosexual 1.0 1.0
  SSA 1.62 1.30 to 2.03 <0.001 1.56 1.26 to 1.94 <0.001
  BSA 3.13 2.59 to 3.79 <0.001 2.42 2.03 to 2.88 <0.001
  Unsure 0.78 0.67 to 0.91 <0.001 0.78 0.69 to 0.87 <0.001
 Females
  Heterosexual 1.0 1.0
  SSA 1.88 1.67 to 2.11 <0.001 1.42 1.30 to 1.56 <0.001
  BSA 3.15 2.93 to 3.39 <0.001 2.61 2.41 to 2.82 <0.001
  Unsure 0.75 0.60 to 0.94 <0.001 0.71 0.61 to 0.83 <0.001
Suicide attempts
 Males
  Heterosexual 1.0 1.0
  SSA 3.29 2.43 to 4.47 <0.001 3.13 2.28 to 4.28 <0.001
  BSA 6.25 4.46 to 8.76 <0.001 3.83 2.85 to 5.14 <0.001
  Unsure 1.42 1.07 to 1.90 <0.001 1.55 1.24 to 1.94 <0.001
 Females
  Heterosexual 1.0 1.0
  SSA 3.13 2.36 to 4.15 <0.001 1.97 1.43 to 2.70 <0.001
  BSA 3.89 3.13 to 4.83 <0.001 2.59 2.19 to 3.06 <0.001
  Unsure 1.04 0.75 to 1.44 0.824 1.03 0.80 to 1.34 0.531

*Unadjusted.

†Adjusted for age, academic pressure, household socioeconomic status, current smoking, current drinking and bullying experience.

AOR, adjusted OR; BSA, both-sex romantic attraction; SSA, same-sex romantic attraction.