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Table 7 Moderate-risk predictive factors in the EMR model for 3-month prediction

From: Risk stratification using data from electronic medical records better predicts suicide risks than clinician assessments

Risk factor

Relative importance

Wald statistic

Selection probability

Coefficient: 95% CIs

Emergency visits past 3 months

100.0

3.9

1.00

(0.60, 1.83)

Number of mental health diagnosis groups

52.7

2.2

0.99

(0.08, 1.35)

Problems related to lifestyle past 12–24 months

29.7

1.5

0.91

(0.00, 1.20)

Personal history of risk-factors past 6–12 months

23.4

1.8

0.98

(0.00, 1.36)

Male & postcode changes past 3 months

21.9

1.1

0.82

(0.00, 1.04)

Moderate-risk events past 6–12 months

20.4

1.3

0.93

(0.01, 0.99)

Problems related to lifestyle past 6–12 months

17.3

1.1

0.83

(0.00, 0.99)

Moderate-risk events past 3 months

17.0

1.1

0.92

(0.01, 0.88)

Poisoning by unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances past 3 months

16.7

1.1

0.84

(0.00, 1.15)

Symptoms and signs involving emotional state past 3 months

15.5

1.2

0.86

(0.00, 0.86)

Mental health diagnoses: depressive episodes; bipolar disorders past 3 months

15.3

1.0

0.76

(0.00, 1.05)

Drugs used to treat addictive disorders past 3 months

15.1

1.2

0.86

(0.00, 1.73)

  1. MHDG: Mental Health Diagnosis Group.