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. 2019 Oct 30;9:15859. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-52440-x

Table 2.

Multiple binary logistic regression on factors significantly associated with suicide attempt among Chinese individuals receiving methadone maintenance treatment for heroin dependence.

Variables One-month suicide attempt Lifetime suicide attempt
Coefficient Standard error Wald χ2 P OR(95%CI) Coefficient Standard error Wald χ2 P OR(95%CI)
Gender Male 1 1
Female 1.216 0.500 5.904 0.015 3.37(1.27,8.99) 1.034 0.261 15.707 <0.001 2.81(1.69,4.69)
Age (years) 40–59 1 1
20–39 1.603 0.477 11.315 0.001 4.98(1.95,12.66) 1.006 0.253 15.781 <0.001 2.73(1.66,4.48)
Education Middle school or higher 1 1
Primary school or lower 0.993 0.540 3.376 0.066 2.70(0.94,7.81) 0.729 0.369 3.909 0.048 2.07(1.01,4.27)
Marital status Married 1 1
Non-married 1.583 0.472 11.288 0.001 4.88(1.93,12.35) 0.062 0.245 0.063 0.801 1.06(0.66,1.72)
Employment Yes 1 1
No 0.612 0.464 1.740 0.187 1.84(0.74,4.58) 0.101 0.237 0.180 0.671 1.12(0.70,1.76)
Self-rated economic status Good 1 1
Fair 0.020 0.586 0.001 0.973 1.02(0.32,3.21) −0.219 0.290 0.570 0.450 0.80(0.46,1.42)
Poor 0.744 0.687 1.175 0.278 2.11(0.55,8.09) 1.117 0.373 8.970 0.003 3.06(1.47,6.35)
Route of past heroin administration Smoking 1 1
Injecting 1.527 0.725 4.436 0.036 4.60(1.45,28.51) 1.070 0.381 7.887 0.005 2.92(1.38,6.13)
Duration of heroin use (years) ≤10 1 1
>10 1.174 0.509 5.323 0.021 3.24(1.19,8.77) 0.228 0.238 0.924 0.337 1.26(0.79,2.00)
Duration of MMT (months) ≤24 1 1
>24 −0.563 0.430 1.711 0.191 0.57(0.25,1.32) 0.490 0.262 3.498 0.062 1.55(0.94,2.54)
Methadone dose (md/d) ≤70 1 1
>70 0.412 0.443 0.863 0.353 1.51(0.63,3.60) 0.318 0.234 1.851 0.174 1.37(0.87,2.17)
Depressive symptoms No 1 1
Yes 0.625 0.574 1.184 0.277 0.54(0.17,1.65) 1.241 0.363 11.709 0.001 3.46(1.70,7.04)
Anxiety symptom No 1 1
Yes 1.206 0.559 4.657 0.031 3.34(1.12,9.98) 0.632 0.295 4.602 0.032 1.88(1.06,3.35)
Pain No 1 1
Yes 0.554 0.567 0.952 0.329 1.74(0.57,5.29) 0.383 0.272 1.991 0.158 1.47(0.86,2.50)
Loneliness No 1 1
Yes 1.612 0.525 9.439 0.002 5.02(1.79,14.03) 0.252 0.245 1.055 0.304 1.29(0.80,2.08)
Antisocial personality disorder No 1 1
Yes 1.768 0.502 12.422 <0.001 5.86(2.19,15.66) 1.047 0.248 17.739 <0.001 2.85(1.75,4.63)