Alcohol and the Risk of Railway Suicide
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Methods
3. Results
3.1. Gender
3.2. Age
3.3. Season
The Concentration of Ethyl Alcohol
3.4. Regression Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Limitations
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | No Alcohol Group n = 30 (50.00%) | Alcohol Group n = 30 (50.00%) | Total n = 60 (100.00%) |
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Gender n (%) | |||
Women | 8 (26.70) | 6 (20.00) | 14 (23.33) |
Men | 22 (73.30) | 24 (80.00) | 46 (76.67) |
Age n (%) | |||
Minimum | 17 | 18 | 17 |
Maximum | 89 | 85 | 89 |
Mean age (M) | 50.43 ± 24.26 | 40.33 ± 14.63 | 45.38 ± 20.51 |
Median (Me) | 52 | 40 | 44 |
Season n (%) | |||
Spring | 5 (16.70) | 10 (33.30) | 15 (25.00) |
Summer | 4 (13.30) | 7 (23.30) | 11 (18.34) |
Autumn | 15 (50.00) | 5 (16.70) | 20 (33.33) |
Winter | 6 (20.00) | 8 (26.70) | 14 (23.33) |
Ethyl alcohol concentration (‰) | |||
Minimum | 0 | 0.80 | |
Maximum | 0 | 4.20 | |
Mean (M) | 0 | 0.97 ± 1.12 | |
Women | 0 | 1.55 ± 0.47 | |
Men | 0 | 2.02 ± 0.81 |
Predictors | B * | p |
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Age | −0.043 | 0.017 |
Winter | 0.025 | |
Spring | 0.620 | 0.457 |
Summer | 0.778 | 0.404 |
Autumn | −1.677 | 0.039 |
Gender | 0.180 | 0.803 |
Fixed | 2.124 | 0.024 |
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Lasota, D.; Al-Wathinani, A.; Krajewski, P.; Mirowska-Guzel, D.; Goniewicz, K.; Hertelendy, A.J.; Alhazmi, R.A.; Pawłowski, W.; Khorram-Manesh, A.; Goniewicz, M. Alcohol and the Risk of Railway Suicide. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 7003. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197003
Lasota D, Al-Wathinani A, Krajewski P, Mirowska-Guzel D, Goniewicz K, Hertelendy AJ, Alhazmi RA, Pawłowski W, Khorram-Manesh A, Goniewicz M. Alcohol and the Risk of Railway Suicide. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(19):7003. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197003
Chicago/Turabian StyleLasota, Dorota, Ahmed Al-Wathinani, Paweł Krajewski, Dagmara Mirowska-Guzel, Krzysztof Goniewicz, Attila J. Hertelendy, Riyadh A. Alhazmi, Witold Pawłowski, Amir Khorram-Manesh, and Mariusz Goniewicz. 2020. "Alcohol and the Risk of Railway Suicide" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 19: 7003. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197003