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Table 2 Socio-demographic and reproductive characteristics of the study population according to suicidal behavior (N = 1060)

From: Association between migraine and suicidal behavior among Ethiopian adults

Characteristics

No suicidal behavior

(N = 900)

Any suicidal behavior

(N = 160)

P-value

n

%

n

%

 

Age (years)a

35.73 ± 12.13

35.42 ± 11.83

0.766

Sex

 Women

526

58.4

111

69.4

0.011

 Men

374

41.6

49

30.6

Marital Status

 Married

474

52.8

68

42.5

0.004

 Never married

284

31.7

51

31.9

 Other

139

15.5

41

25.6

Education

  ≤ Primary (1–6)

402

44.7

72

45.0

0.850

 Secondary (7–12)

301

33.4

56

35.0

 

 College graduate

197

21.9

32

20.0

 

Smoking status

 Never

778

86.4

135

84.4

0.628

 Former

85

9.4

19

11.9

 

 Current

37

4.1

6

3.8

 

Alcohol consumption past year

 Non-drinker

499

55.4

102

63.7

0.098

  < once a month

309

34.3

48

30.0

 

  ≥ 1 day a week

92

10.2

10

6.3

 

Khat chewing

 None

667

74.1

116

72.5

0.569

 Former

52

5.8

7

4.4

 

 Current

181

20.1

37

23.1

 

Body mass index (kg/m2)

  < 18.5

147

16.4

27

17.1

0.549

 18.5–24.9

539

60.2

90

57.0

 24.9–29.9

157

17.5

27

17.1

  ≥ 30

53

5.9

14

8.9

Self-reported physical health

 Excellent/very good/good

537

59.7

59

36.9

< 0.001

 Poor/fair

363

40.3

101

63.1

 

Self-reported mental health

 Excellent/very good/good

631

70.1

68

42.5

< 0.001

 Poor/fair

269

29.9

92

57.5

 

Depression (past year)

21

2.3%

49

30.6

< 0.001

Depression (lifetime)

69

7.7

123

76.9

< 0.001

  1. Due to missing data, percentages may not add up to 100%
  2. aMean ± standard deviation (SD)
  3. For continuous variables, P-value was calculated using the one-way ANOVA; for categorical variables, P-value was calculated using the Chi-square test