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. 2018 Oct 1;142(4):e20174218. doi: 10.1542/peds.2017-4218

TABLE 2.

aORs With 95% CIs Used to Predict Suicide Behavior by Sociodemographic Characteristics

Gender Identity (Reference = Male) aOR (95% CI)
Female 1.37 (1.34–1.39)
 Transgender, male to female 1.27 (1.04–1.54)
 Transgender, female to male 1.84 (1.52–2.24)
 Transgender, not exclusively male or female 1.38 (1.20–1.58)
 Questioning 1.40 (1.28–1.52)
Sexual orientation (reference = only heterosexual)
 Mostly heterosexual 1.72 (1.66–1.79)
 Bisexual 2.85 (2.73–2.97)
 Mostly lesbian or gay 2.34 (2.13–2.58)
 Only lesbian or gay 2.25 (2.05–2.47)
Race and/or ethnicity (reference = white, non-Latino)
 American Indian or Alaskan native 1.33 (1.22–1.45)
 Asian 1.05 (1.01–1.09)
 Black or African American 1.18 (1.13–1.22)
 Hispanic or Latino 1.32 (1.27–1.36)
 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 1.43 (1.28–1.59)
 Other 1.24 (1.18–1.30)
 Multiracial and/or multiple ethnicities 1.35 (1.31–1.40)
Age 1.02 (1.01–1.03)
Parent education 0.92 (0.91–0.93)
Urbanicity (reference = rural and/or small city) 0.96 (0.94–0.99)

All estimates are significant at the corrected P value of <.003.