Table 3. Hazard ratios (95% CI) for suicide among patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia compared to general population without benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Variables	Unadjusted HR (95% CI)	Age, region and comorbidity adjusted HR (95% CI)	Multivariable adjusted HR (95% CI)a
Benign prostatic hyperplasia
No	1.00 (Reference)	1.00 (Reference)	1.00 (Reference)
Yes	1.47 (1.23 to 1.76)	1.54 (1.28 to 1.86)	1.47 (1.21 to 1.78)
Age (years)		1.05 (1.05 to 1.06)	1.04 (1.04 to 1.05)
Region
City		1.00 (Reference)	1.00 (Reference)
Province		1.16 (1.02 to 1.31)	1.12 (0.99 to 1.28)
Number of Comorbidity		0.84 (0.82 to 0.86)	0.82 (0.80 to 0.84)
Income level
Medical aid			1.83 (1.40 to 2.39)
Low			1.56 (1.31 to 1.85)
Middle			1.30 (1.10 to 1.53)
High			1.00 (Reference)
Disability
No			1.00 (Reference)
Yes			1.25 (1.02 to 1.54)
Mental disorder
No			1.00 (Reference)
Yes			3.26 (2.82 to 3.77)

CI: Confidence interval.

^aMultivariable model was adjusted for age, geographical location, comorbidities, disabilities, mental health, and income level.