Table 2.

Weighted estimates (odds ratios) from logistic regression models predicting young men's suicide ideation (N = 6714).

	Model 1		Model 2
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Weight classification (ref=normal or healthy weight)
Underweight	1.30	(0.50, 3.40)	1.24	(0.51, 3.02)
Overweight	0.63**	(0.45, 0.88)	0.62*	(0.41, 0.95)
Obese class I	0.84	(0.55, 1.29)	0.69	(0.40, 1.21)
Obese class II	0.94	(0.52, 1.70)	0.75	(0.34, 1.67)
Obese class III or severe obesity	0.64	(0.27, 1.51)	0.50	(0.22, 1.15)
Weight perceptions (ref=about the right weight)
Underweight			1.11	(0.74, 1.67)
Overweight			1.43	(0.89, 2.30)
Fair/poor health (ref=excellent/very good/good health)			1.84*	(1.02, 3.33)
High levels of depressive symptoms (ref=no)			4.97***	(3.68, 6.71)
Parents married (ref=parents unmarried)			1.02	(0.70, 1.49)
Parent's highest level of educational attainment (ref=less than a high school degree)
High school degree or GED			1.10	(0.66, 1.84)
Some postsecondary education			1.36	(0.80, 2.33)
Bachelor's degree or more			1.79*	(1.03, 3.14)
Adolescent family income			0.98	(0.85, 1.13)
Race/ethnicity (ref=non-Hispanic, White)
Hispanic			0.85	(0.53, 1.36)
Non-Hispanic, Black			0.44**	(0.27, 0.73)
Non-Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander			0.79	(0.37, 1.68)
Non-Hispanic, Other			1.10	(0.59, 2.06)
Age			0.95	(0.86, 1.06)
U.S. born (ref=foreign-born)			1.00	(0.54, 1.84)
Married (ref=unmarried)			0.86	(0.50, 1.48)
Has children (ref=doesn't have children)			0.75	(0.43, 1.31)
Lives with parents (ref=no)			1.33	(0.98, 1.79)
Attending postsecondary school (ref=no)			0.97	(0.69, 1.38)
Employed at least 10 h/week (ref=no)			1.12	(0.79, 1.59)

*P < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001.

Source: National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.