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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Autism. 2022 May 24;27(1):226–243. doi: 10.1177/13623613221091316

Table 3.

Odds of Suicidal Ideation or Intentional Self-Inflicted Injury Diagnosis across All Visits in the ASD Group: Weighted

Odds Ratio 95% CI
Age
7–12 years [Reference]
13–18 years 3.86 (3.51–4.24)*
19–25 years 4.00 (3.53–4.52)*
Sex
Female [Reference]
Male 0.78 (0.73–0.83)*
Insurance type
Self Pay/Other [Reference]
Medicaid 0.63 (0.57–0.70)*
Private Insurance 1.03 (0.93–1.16)
Median HH income for patient’s ZIP code
0–25th Percentile [Reference]
26th–50th Percentile 1.20 (1.08–1.33)*
51st–75th Percentile 1.33 (1.20–1.48)*
76th–100th Percentile 1.42 (1.25–1.62)*
Clinical Factors
No psychiatric presenting concern [Reference]
Any psychiatric concern 11.65 (10.68–12.71)*
No psychiatric presenting concern [Reference]
Adjustment disorders 3.52 (2.89–4.28)*
Mood disorders 9.82 (9.14–10.55)*
Anxiety disorders 1.99 (1.84–2.16)*
Behavioral disorders 1.13 (1.05–1.21)*
Psychotic disorders 2.20 (1.95–2.48)*
Region of Hospital
Northeast [Reference]
Midwest 1.27 (0.95–1.70)
South 0.94 (0.73–1.21)
West 0.93 (0.71–1.21)
Teaching status of hospital
Non-metropolitan [Reference]
Metropolitan, non-teaching 0.95 (0.81–1.12)
Metropolitan, teaching 1.09 (0.90–1.32)
Intellectual Disability
No ID [Reference]
Co-occurring ID (any level) 1.00 (0.88–1.13)
No ID [Reference]
Mild ID 2.68 (2.27–3.17)*
Moderate ID 1.01 (0.73–1.39)
Severe ID 0.34 (0.22–0.53)*
Profound ID 0.50 (0.24–1.03)
Unspecified ID 0.64 (0.52–0.77)*
*

Statistically significant odds ratio