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Table 3 Risk of suicide by substance use disorder category, by gender

From: Substance use disorders and risk of suicide in a general US population: a case control study

Substance use disorder category

Odds ratioa

Adjusted odds (adjusted for age, education level, poverty level, Charlson index, psychiatric diagnoses)

OR

CIb

p-value

aOR

CI

p-value

Male only

 Alcohol only

11.7

9.6 14.3

0.001

4.6

3.7, 5.6

0.001

 Drug only

8.2

6.1, 11.2

0.001

4.0

2.9, 5.4

0.001

 Tobacco only

3.5

3.1, 4.1

0.001

1.8

1.6, 2.1

0.001

 Alcohol + drug

14.5

10.1, 20.7

0.001

6.3

4.4, 9.0

0.001

 Alcohol + tobacco

13.6

10.6, 17.5

0.001

5.5

4.2, 7.0

0.001

 Drug + tobacco

10.4

6.8, 16.1

0.001

3.5

2.3, 5.4

0.001

 Alcohol + drug + tobacco

19.5

13.9, 27.4

0.001

7.9

5.6, 11.1

0.001

Female only

 Alcohol only

22.4

14.8, 34.00

0.001

10.7

6.3, 18.1

0.001

 Drug only

13.9

8.5, 22.8

0.001

5.2

2.9, 9.1

0.001

 Tobacco only

3.8

3.0, 4.9

0.001

2.5

1.9, 3.3

0.001

 Alcohol + drug

34.3

17.3, 68.0

0.001

11.8

5.4, 25.8

0.001

 Alcohol + tobacco

23.0

13.8, 38.3

0.001

6.5

3.6. 11.8

0.001

 Drug + tobacco

32.9

17.6, 61.4

0.001

10.4

4.9, 22.0

0.001

 Alcohol + drug + tobacco

53.5

27.4, 104.3

0.001

16.7

7.9, 35.3

0.001

  1. aAll conditional logistic regression models are conditional on site
  2. bCI denotes 95% confidence interval