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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 6.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2018 Jan 31;262:175–183. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.01.045

Table 2.

Random Forest top ten most important variables for suicidal ideation, suicide plans, and suicide attempt history

Suicidal Ideation Suicide Plans Suicide Attempt History
Variable Importance Value Variable Importance Value Variable Importance Value
Depression 100.00 Depression 100.00 NSSI medical treatment 100.00
Anti-suicide function 39.60 Anti-suicide function 47.45 Anti-suicide function 97.50
Anti-dissociation function 18.10 Age 40.37 Number NSSI scars 96.85
Future NSSI likelihood 16.72 Self-punishment function 37.78 Anti-dissociation function 76.65
Gender 16.13 Future NSSI likelihood 36.87 Suicide plan 70.41
Revenge function 13.50 Desire to cease NSSI 36.07 Interpersonal influence function 70.00
Autonomy function 12.23 Toughness function 34.62 Marking distress function 58.22
Self-carve words method 11.15 Gender 33.65 Time between urge and NSSI 57.20
Self-care function 9.28 Number NSSI scars 31.13 Self-cutting method 56.27
Self-punishment function 8.94 Interpersonal influence function 29.30 NSSI on hands/knuckles/fingers 55.32