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Table 2 Associations between suicidal thoughts and demographic characteristics

From: Anorexia nervosa, depression and suicidal thoughts among Chinese adolescents: a national school-based cross-sectional study

Variables

Univariate OR (95% CI)

P Value

Multivariatea OR (95% CI)

P Value

Gender(female)

1.42(1.25, 1.62)

<0.001

1.89(1.59,2.23)

<0.001

Grade(Senior)

0.99(0.87, 1.12)

0.870

0.67(0.56,0.79)

<0.001

Smoking(Yes)

1.97(1.71,2.27)

<0.001

1.97(1.63,2.37)

<0.001

Academic achievement

 Good

1.00

-

1.00

-

 Average

1.12(0.97, 1.30)

0.120

0.93(0.79,1.11)

0.450

 Below average

1.64(1.38, 1.94)

<0.001

1.10(0.89,1.36)

0.390

Living arrangement

 Two biological parents

1.00

-

1.00

-

 Biological father or mother

1.76(1.46, 2.12)

<0.001

1.18(0.82,1.70)

0.370

 Others

1.53(1.29, 1.81)

<0.001

0.97(0.77,1.21)

0.790

Family socioeconomic status

 High

1.00

-

1.00

-

 Average

0.69(0.53,0.89)

0.005

0.76(0.55,1.05)

0.100

 Low

1.06(0.80,1.41)

0.680

0.89(0.62,1.28)

0.550

Relationship with parents

 Good

1.00

-

1.00

-

 Average

2.45(1.97,3.05)

<0.001

1.61(1.26,2.05)

<0.001

 Poor

3.95(2.55,6.11)

<0.001

1.84(1.12,3.03)

0.020

Relationship with classmates

 Good

1.00

-

1.00

-

 Average

1.56(1.37,1.78)

<0.001

1.28(1.08,1.50)

0.003

 Poor

3.59(2.65,4.86)

<0.001

1.79(1.23,2.63)

0.003

Feelings about school

 Good

1.00

-

1.00

-

 Average

1.97(1.72,2.25)

<0.001

1.41(1.19,1.67)

<0.001

 Bad

3.89(3.09,4.90)

<0.001

1.77(1.32,2.38)

<0.001

Anorexia nervosa

 Never

1.00

-

1.00

-

 Occasionally

1.57(1.33,1.85)

<0.001

1.21(0.99,1.46)

0.050

 Sometimes

2.21(1.79,2.72)

<0.001

1.25(0.97,1.61)

0.080

 Often

3.99(2.92,5.44)

<0.001

1.94(1.32,2.85)

0.001

 Strategies for conflict(Struggle)

1.57(1.34,1.81)

<0.001

1.34(1.12,1.59)

0.001

 Depression(yes)

6.58(5.75,7.53)

<0.001

5.04(4.31,5.90)

<0.001

  1. CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio
  2. aAdjusted for potential confounders, including gender, grade, smoking, academic achievement, living arrangement, SES, relationship with parents and classmates, feeling about school, strategies for conflict and depression