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Table 2.

Association of birth order with suicide attempts and psychiatric disorders

	Suicide attempts				Psychiatric disorders
	Unadjusted		Adjusted^a		Unadjusted		Adjusted^a
	OR (CI)	p	OR (CI)	p	OR (CI)	p	OR (CI)	p
Birth order (n = 2571)
First born	1.00	0.040^b	1.00	0.022^b	1.00	0.275^b	1.00	0.137^b
Second born	1.44 (0.99–2.10)		1.56 (1.05–2.31)		1.12 (0.76–1.64)		1.21 (0.81–1.80)
Third + born	1.74 (1.10–2.76)		1.97 (1.17–3.34)		1.47 (0.92–2.36)		1.72 (1.01–2.94)
Linear trend	1.33 (1.07–1.67)	0.012	1.42 (1.10–1.84)	0.006	1.20 (0.95–1.51)	0.129	1.29 (0.99–1.69)	0.056

^aAdjusted for social class, income, maternal age at delivery, gestational age, alcohol consumption during months 1–3 of pregnancy, tobacco smoked during months 1–3 of pregnancy

^bWald test