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. 2021 Dec 13;4(12):e2136137. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.36137

Table 2. Odds of Stress Level, Sadness or Despair, Thinking of Suicide, Plan of Suicide, and Suicide Attempt for 2019 vs 2020 Participants .

Variables Event/total (%) Crude OR (95% CI) P valuea Adjusted OR (95% CI)b P valuea
2019 2020
Subjective stress
None NA NA 1 [Reference] <.001 1 [Reference] <.001
Little 7579/48 443 (15.6) 8128/44 216 (18.4) 1.24 (1.14-1.34) 1.20 (1.11-1.30)
A little 20 090/48 443 (41.5) 19 907/44 216 (45.0) 1.14 (1.06-1.24) 1.09 (1.02-1.18)
Severe 13 605/48 443 (28.1) 11 231/44 216 (25.4) 0.95 (0.87-1.04) 0.90 (0.83-0.97)
Very severe 5364/48 443 (11.1) 3353/44 216 (7.6) 0.71 (0.65-0.78) 0.65 (0.60-0.72)
Sadness or despair 13 232/48 443 (27.3) 10 609/44 216 (24.0) 0.83 (0.80-0.86) <.001 0.81 (0.78-0.84) <.001
Thinking of suicide 6092/48 443 (12.6) 4517/44 216 (10.2) 0.78 (0.74-0.82) <.001 0.77 (0.73-0.80) <.001
Plan of suicide 1721/48 443 (3.6) 1396/44 216 (3.2) 0.89 (0.82-0.96) .002 0.88 (0.81-0.96) .001
Suicide attempt 1283/48 443 (2.6) 760/44 216 (1.7) 0.65 (0.59-0.71) <.001 0.64 (0.58-0.70) <.001

Abbreviations: NA, not applicable; OR, odds ratio.

a

Calculated using multiple logistic regression analysis with complex sampling; the threshold for statistical significance was P < .05.

b

Adjusted for age, body mass index, physical exercise, sedentary time for study and leisure, sleep time, sex, economic level, educational level of father and mother, scholastic performance, and subjective health status.