Hello,
using a matched case-control study, I am assessing whether the risk of suicide differs in a "condition" according to psychiatric diagnosis. I am using three binary variables: suicide, condition, psychiatric diagnosis (0 = non, 1= diagnosis present)
I have added this command:
and this command
for the first command I got: OR 0.4 (95% CI: 0.3 to 0.9)
and for the second I got: OR 1.3 (95% CI: 1.2 to 1.4)
How can I interpret these results, in particular with regards to the reference group?
Can I say,
1)patients without psychiatric diagnosis who have this condition are at 0.4 times the odds of suicide, compared to patients without psychiatric diagnosis who do not have this condition.
2) patients with psychiatric diagnosis who have this condition are at 1.3 times the odds of suicide, compared to psychiatric patients without this condition.
Thank you
Danah
using a matched case-control study, I am assessing whether the risk of suicide differs in a "condition" according to psychiatric diagnosis. I am using three binary variables: suicide, condition, psychiatric diagnosis (0 = non, 1= diagnosis present)
I have added this command:
clogit suicide condition if psychiatric==0, group (matchedid) or
clogit suicide condition if psychiatric==1, group (matchedid) or
and for the second I got: OR 1.3 (95% CI: 1.2 to 1.4)
How can I interpret these results, in particular with regards to the reference group?
Can I say,
1)patients without psychiatric diagnosis who have this condition are at 0.4 times the odds of suicide, compared to patients without psychiatric diagnosis who do not have this condition.
2) patients with psychiatric diagnosis who have this condition are at 1.3 times the odds of suicide, compared to psychiatric patients without this condition.
Thank you
Danah
