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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Affect Disord. 2021 Jun 24;293:329–337. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.06.043

Table 3.

Binge Drinking and Suicidality Comorbidity by Gender and Age

Gender Age
Wald χ2 OR Male [95% CI] Wald χ2 OR 26–34 [95% CI] OR 35–49 [95% CI] OR 50–64 [95% CI] OR 65+ [95% CI]
Passive SI and Binge Drinking 28.71*** 573.15***
 Passive SI Only 1.02 [.94–1.49] M=W 1.19** [1.06–1.34] 1.34*** [1.17–1.61] 1.37*** [1.20–1.56] 1.94*** [1.63–2.31] 18–25>26+
 Binge Drinking Only 1.33*** [1.19–1.49] M>W .94 [.81–1.09] 1.37*** [1.17–1.61] 2.30*** [1.92–2.75] 4.33*** [3.09–6.07] 18–25>35+
 Binge+Passive SI 1.10 [.99–1.21] M=W 1.17* [1.04–1.33] 1.79*** [1.52–2.12] 2.56*** [2.15–3.05] 6.67*** [5.05–8.80] 18–25>26+
Active SI and Binge Drinking 59.95*** 472.43***
 Active SI Only 1.26*** [1.16–1.37] M>W 1.28*** [1.13–1.45] 1.42*** [1.25–1.62] 1.62*** [1.40–1.87] 2.18*** [1.80–2.64] 18–25>26+
 Binge Drinking Only 1.29*** [1.17–1.42] M>W .98 [.86–1.12] 1.37*** [1.19–1.58] 2.27*** [1.91–2.68] 4.30*** [3.16–5.85] 18–25>35+
 Binge+Active SI 1.36*** [1.22–1.52] M>W 1.20** [1.07–1.34] 1.91*** [1.62–2.26] 2.90*** [2.37–3.54] 7.05*** [4.82–10.32] 18–25>26+
Suicide Plan and Binge Drinking 5.65 137.77***
 Suicide Plan Only .91 [.79–1.04] M=W 1.04 [.87–1.24] 1.01 [.85–1.21] 1.10 [.85–1.43] 1.32 [.96–1.84] 18–25~26+
 Binge Drinking Only 1.08 [.93–1.26] M=W .87 [.73–1.04] 1.22 [.99–1.49] 1.73*** [1.36–2.21] 2.24*** [1.46–3.44] 18–25>50+
 Binge+Suicide Plan 1.0 [.85–1.16] M=W 1.11 [.89–1.40] 1.62*** [1.27–2.06] 2.12*** [1.55–2.89] 27.89*** [7.86–98.93] 18–25>35+
Suicide Attempt and Binge Drinking 8.53 148.59***
 Suicide Attempt Only .93 [.79–1.08] M=W .89 [.72–1.09] .88 [.73–1.05] .99 [.74–1.32] 1.20 [.80–1.78] 18–25=26+
 Binge Drinking Only 1.12* [1.0–1.26] M>W .86 [.72–1.03] 1.27* [1.05–1.55] 1.79*** [1.42–2.26] 2.72*** [1.78–4.16] 18–25>35+
 Binge+Suicide Attempt .90 [.74–1.10] M=W 1.08 [.82–1.43] 1.37* [1.02–1.84] 1.78** [1.20–2.64] 9.55*** [3.23–28.26] 18–25>35+

Note.

***

p<.001,

**

p<.01,

*

p<.05.

SI = Suicidal ideation. Neither suicidality nor binge drinking is the dependent reference group in all four analyses. For gender, female = reference group. For age, 18–25year-olds = reference group; odds ratios compare 18–25-year-olds to each older age group, with greater odds ratios over 1.0 meaning greater likelihood among 18–25-year-olds compared to older age groups. Analyses control for year, race/ethnicity, education, income, marital status, sexual orientation, and other substance use disorder. Bonferroni corrections are applied to p-values for main effects.