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Table 3 Association of anorexia nervosa, depression and their interaction with suicidal thoughts

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

Variables

With depression(n = 1,952)a

Without depression(n = 6,794)a

Full model(n = 8,746)b

OR (95% CI)

P Value

OR (95% CI)

P Value

OR (95% CI)

P Value

All (n = 8,746)

Anorexia nervosa

      

Never(n = 2,538)

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

Occasionally(n = 4,783)

0.96(0.71,1.28)

0.760

1.38(1.07,1.79)

0.010

1.41(1.10,1.82)

0.008

Sometimes(n = 1,169)

0.93(0.65,1.33)

0.700

1.53(1.08,2.18)

0.020

1.61(1.14,2.28)

0.007

Often(n = 256)

1.30(0.78,2.19)

0.320

2.82(1.62,4.91)

<0.001

3.02(1.75,5.23)

<0.001

Depression(yes)

-

-

-

-

7.25(5.18,10.14)

<0.001

Male (n = 4,339)

Anorexia nervosa

With depression(n = 985)a

Without depression(n = 3,354)a

Full model(n = 4,339)b

Never(n = 1,375)

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

Occasionally(n = 2,318)

1.10(0.73,1.67)

0.645

1.36(0.93,2.00)

0.114

1.26(0.96,1.67)

0.101

Sometimes(n = 530)

0.82(0.47,1.43)

0.489

0.85(0.45,1.61)

0.622

0.92(0.61,1.38)

0.688

Often(n = 116)

0.57(0.24,1.36)

0.207

2.75(1.12,6.77)

0.027

1.16(0.61,2.21)

0.652

Depression(yes)

-

-

-

-

5.21(4.11,6.61)

<0.001

Female (n = 4,407)

Anorexia nervosa

With depression(n = 967)a

Without depression(n = 3,440)a

Full model(n = 4,407)b

Never(n = 1,163)

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

Occasionally(n = 2,465)

0.84(0.55,1.28)

0.407

1.38(0.97,1.95)

0.073

1.18(0.90,1.53)

0.231

Sometimes(n = 639)

0.96(0.59,1.57)

0.872

2.08(1.33,3.24)

0.001

1.52(1.09,2.11)

0.013

Often(n = 140)

2.17(1.05,4.48)

0.036

2.91(1.42,5.95)

0.003

2.67(1.63,4.39)

<0.001

Depression(yes)

-

-

-

-

5.00(4.03,6.19)

<0.001

  1. CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio
  2. aAdjusted for potential confounders listed in Table 2
  3. bAdjusted for potential confounders listed in Table 2 and interactions between anorexia nervosa and depression
  4. Results in bold indicate the associations were significant at 0.05 level