	No. of patients	Suicide attempters		Odds	95% Confidence	P
Habit	examined^*	No.	%	ratio	interval	value
Frequency of meat consumption
Less than 1 day a week	34	17	50	1.00
1 to 3 days a week	197	110	55.8	1.26	0.58 - 2.78	0.52
4 to 7 days a week	51	28	54.9	1.22	0.47 - 3.18	0.65
Degree of meat cooking
Undercooked	15	9	60	1.23	0.39 - 4.03	0.69
Well done	268	147	54.9	1.00
Ever eaten raw meat
Yes	31	17	54.8	0.99	0.44 - 2.23	0.97
No	252	139	55.2	1.00
Ever eaten dried raw meat
Yes	113	62	54.9	0.98	0.59 - 1.63	0.93
No	168	93	55.4	1.00
Consumption of
Pork
Yes	228	136	59.6	2.59	1.35 - 4.98	0.001
No	55	20	36.4	1.00
Beef
Yes	276	152	55.1	0.92	0.16 - 4.97	0.91
No	7	4	57.1	1.00
Goat meat
Yes	41	16	39	0.47	0.22 - 0.96	0.02
No	242	140	57.9	1.00
Mutton
Yes	104	63	60.6	1.42	0.85 - 2.39	0.15
No	179	93	52	1.00
Boar meat
Yes	11	4	36.4	0.45	0.11 - 1.75	0.16
No	271	152	56	1.00
Chicken meat
Yes	272	148	54.4	0.51	0.10 - 2.25	0.26
No	10	7	70	1.00
Turkey meat
Yes	142	68	47.9	0.55	0.33 - 0.91	0.01
No	141	88	62.4	1.00
Pigeon meat
Yes	14	8	57.1	1.09	0.33 - 3.65	0.87
No	269	148	55	1.00
Rabbit meat
Yes	33	20	60.6	1.29	0.58 - 2.89	0.5
No	250	136	54.4	1.00
Venison
Yes	40	21	52.5	0.88	0.43 - 1.82	0.71
No	243	135	55.6	1.00
Squirrel meat
Yes	11	3	27.3	0.29	0.06 - 1.24	0.05
No	272	153	56.3	1.00
Horse meat
Yes	8	2	25	0.26	0.04 - 1.47	0.08
No	275	154	56	1.00
Opossum meat
Yes	1	1	100	-	-	0.55
No	282	155	55	1.00
Other meat