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Table 2 Bivariate Logistic regression results between having considered suicide and predictor variables

From: Suicidal ideation and associated factors among school-going adolescents in rural Uganda

 

Total

Males

Females

Age (years)

   

   11–13

1.00

1.00

1.00

   14

1.12 [0.68, 1.86]

1.51 [0.64, 3.59]

0.96 [0.17, 1.81]

   15

1.23 [0.77, 1.98]

1.14 [0.51, 2.53]

1.43 [0.48, 1.75]

   16–17

1.23 [0.78, 1.95]

1.77 [0.82, 3.79]

0.96 [0.52, 1.76]

Gender

   

   Females

1.00

-

-

   Males

0.71 [0.55, 0.93]

-

-

Worry

   

   No

1.00

1.00

1.00

   Yes

1.71 [1.31, 2.22]

1.25 [0.86, 1.82]

2.42 [1.66, 3.54]

Loneliness

   

   No

1.00

1.00

1.00

   Yes

1.79 [1.37, 2.32]

1.60 [1.03, 2.33]

2.09 [1.43, 3.04]

Cigarette smoking

   

   No

1.00

1.00

1.00

   Yes

1.75 [1.01, 3.04]

1.59 [0.81, 3.12]

2.35 [0.74, 7.45]

Drinking

   

   No

1.00

1.00

1.00

   Yes

1.40 [0.99, 2.00]

1.12 [0.68, 1.85]

1.81 [1.05, 3.13]

Parental supervision

   

   No

1.00

1.00

1.00

   Yes

0.87 [0.66, 1.13]

0.93 [0.63, 1.36]

0.81 [0.55, 1.18]

Bullied

   

   No

1.00

1.00

1.00

   Yes

1.58 [1.18, 2.11]

1.62 [1.06, 2.47]

1.63 [1.08, 2.46]