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Table 5 The analysis of influence factors for suicide among Chinese rural older adults

From: The pattern of stressful life events prior to suicide among the older adults in rural China: a national case-control psychological autopsy study

Variables

cOR (95% CI)

P

aOR (95% CI)

P

Marital status

2.322 (1.599–3.374)

< 0.001

2.527 (1.479–4.317)

0.001

Family annual income

1.129 (0.899–1.418)

0.296

Living alone

2.126(1.345–3.362)

0.001

1.258 (0.668–2.370)

0.478

Physical disease

2.541 (1.650–3.912)

< 0.001

1.874 (1.092–3.218)

0.023

Mental disorder

19.486 (10.350–36.687)

< 0.001

20.311 (10.391–39.700)

< 0.001

Left behind by children

1.771 (1.039–3.017)

0.036

0.924 (0.466–1.832)

0.820

Stressful life events

31.533 (4.254–233.728)

0.001

12.820 (1.578–104.175)

0.017

  1. cOR crude odds ratio - Single factor analysis
  2. aOR adjusted odds ratio - Multiple factors analysis