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Table 3 Outcomes of multivariable analysis of variables associated with suicide attempts among school-attending adolescents in Cook Islands, Curaçao, and Timor Leste, GSHS 2015

From: Adolescent suicide attempts in three diverse island nations: patterns, contextual differences and demographic associations

Variable

Cook Islands

Curaçao

East Timor

Age

 Adjusted OR

NA

NA

NA

 95% CI

   

 P-value

   

Sex

 Adjusted OR

NA

0.83

NA

 95% CI

 

0.53–1.31

 

 P-value

 

0.431

 

Suicide ideation

 Adjusted OR

19.42

7.88

4.59

 95% CI

9.11–41.41

5.20–11.95

2.14–9.88

 P-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.001

Suicide planning

 Adjusted OR

2.51

7.01

3.36

 95% CI

0.97–6.52

4.24–11.60

1.79–6.29

 P-value

0.057

< 0.001

0.001

Anxiety

 Adjusted OR

2.51

1.12

2.11

 95% CI

1.08–5.82

0.58–2.19

0.95–4.69

 P-value

0.033

0.726

0.066

Loneliness

 Adjusted OR

0.43

1.55

0.98

 95% CI

0.09–1.98

0.96–2.51

0.45–2.16

 P-value

0.272

0.071

0.963

Food deprivation

 Adjusted OR

NA

2.14

1.31

 95% CI

 

0.95–4.81

0.58–2.97

 P-value

 

0.065

0.497

Close friends

 Adjusted OR

0.93

0.997

0.78

 95% CI

0.62–1.40

0.82–1.21

0.59–1.03

 P-value

0.735

0.979

0.073

Bullying victimization

 Adjusted OR

1.81

1.57

2.69

 95% CI

0.51–6.35

0.92–2.66

1.02–7.12

 P-value

0.347

0.094

0.047

Physical bullying

 Adjusted OR

3.3

NA

0.64

 95% CI

1.10–9.91

 

0.12–3.31

 P-value

0.034

 

0.573

Parental tobacco use

 Adjusted OR

NA

1.31

0.84

 95% CI

 

0.84–2.06

0.45–1.57

 P-value

 

0.235

0.562

People smoked in presence during the last week

 Adjusted OR

NA

1.05

NA

 95% CI

 

0.67–1.66

 

 P-value

 

0.827

 

Physical fight

 Adjusted OR

2.86

1.92

1.31

 95% CI

0.93–8.81

0.97–3.82

0.61–2.82

 P-value

0.067

0.062

0.473

Serious injury

 Adjusted OR

1.15

1.24

2.22

 95% CI

0.58–2.30

0.74–2.08

1.31–3.74

 P-value

0.684

0.413

0.005

Early sexual debut

Not asked

  

 Adjusted OR

 

1.01

0.99

 95% CI

 

0.60–1.72

0.33–2.95

 P-value

 

0.969

0.986

Alcohol use in the past 30 days

 Adjusted OR

0.60

1.28

1.19

 95% CI

0.23–1.55

0.88–1.87

0.61–2.33

 P-value

0.287

0.193

0.597

Physically attacked

 Adjusted OR

0.79

1.39

1.19

 95% CI

0.24–2.58

0.86–2.25

0.65–2.20

 P-value

0.689

0.172

0.550

Marijuana use in the past 30 days

 Adjusted OR

1.62

1.12

1.79

 95% CI

0.50–5.19

0.42–2.95

0.68–4.69

 P-value

0.411

0.823

0.224

Smoked cigarettes

 Adjusted OR

3.82

1.19

1.33

 95% CI

1.38–10.54

0.55–2.56

0.78–2.27

 P-value

0.011

0.659

0.272

Supportive parental figures

 Adjusted OR

NA

0.95

NA

 95% CI

 

0.58–1.56

 

 P-value

 

0.847

 

Helpful peers

 Adjusted OR

0.39

0.84

NA

 95% CI

0.15–1.00

0.57–1.24

 

 P-value

0.05

0.387

 
  1. Only those factors found statistically significant in bivariate analysis were used in this model. OR is odds ratios, 95% CI is 95% confidence intervals