The global school-based student health survey as a tool to guide adolescent health interventions in rural Guatemala

Table 3 Risk factors for poor mental health outcomes in the past 12 months in adolescents 12–18 years of age in rural Guatemala, 2015

Risk factor	Lonely most of the time or always			Considered suicide
Risk factor	OR^a	95% CI	p-value	OR^a	95% CI	p-value
Ever had sex	2.41	1.07–5.44	0.033	3.36	1.61–7.01	0.001
Age of first sex before 14 years^b	0.21	0.01–3.40	0.269	1.25	0.29–5.29	0.764
Ever drank alcohol	3.40	1.78–6.50	< 0.001	6.19	3.34–11.45	< 0.001
Age of first alcohol before 14 years^b	2.08	0.63–6.86	0.232	1.13	0.45–2.81	0.802
In the past 30 days, drank one+ day	4.10	2.07–8.13	< 0.001	7.64	4.14–14.11	< 0.001
In the past 30 days, was bullied one+ times	4.71	2.52–8.84	< 0.001	4.28	2.35–7.80	< 0.001
In the past 12 months, was attacked one+ times	3.24	1.76–5.96	< 0.001	4.77	2.71–8.40	< 0.001
In the past 12 months, was in a fight one+ times	4.96	2.55–9.65	< 0.001	4.82	2.63–8.84	< 0.001
In the past 30 days, went hungry most of the time or always	2.21	0.90–5.41	0.084	1.23	0.45–3.37	0.687

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