Table 1 Characteristics of depressed patients with and without suicide attempts
|  | All patients (n = 288) | Suicide attempt (n = 58) | Non- suicide attempt (n = 230) | Z/χ2 | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics(med ± IQR) | |||||
 Age (years) | 41(24) | 39(27) | 42(23) | −0.77 | 0.44 |
 Female (%) | 188(65.28%) | 38(65.52%) | 150(65.22%) | 0.002 | 0.99 |
 Unmarried (%) | 96(33.33%) | 19(32.76%) | 77(33.48%) | 0.01 | 0.91 |
 Unemployment (%) | 101(35.07%) | 26(44.83%) | 75(32.61%) | 3.04 | 0.08 |
 Education(years) | 12(7) | 12(5) | 12(7) | −1.74 | 0.08 |
 Recurrence (%) | 171(19.38%) | 41(70.69%) | 130(56.52%) | 3.86 | 0.05 |
 Age of onset(years) | 36.00(26) | 31(30.25) | 37(24) | −1.65 | 0.10 |
 Duration of illness(month) | 12.5(57) | 32.5(60.25) | 12.(45) | −2.10 | 0.04 |
 Family history of mood disorder (%) | 42 (14.58%) | 7 (12.07%) | 35 (15.22%) | 0.30 | 0.82 |
 Drug-naïve (%) | 126 (43.75%) | 20 (34.48%) | 106 (46.09%) | 2.54 | 0.11 |
 Psychotic symptom (%) | 64 (22.22%) | 19(32.76%) | 45 (19.57%) | 4.67 | 0.03 |
 Diabetes (%) | 15(5.20%) | 4(6.90%) | 11(4.78%) | 0.41 | 0.52 |
 High blood pressure (%) | 36(12.50%) | 6(10.34%) | 30(13.04%) | 0.32 | 0.57 |
 Thyroid disease (%) | 13(4.51%) | 4(6.90%) | 9(3.91%) | 0.96 | 0.33 |
Scale assessment(med ± IQR) | |||||
 SAS | 58(16) | 58.5 (15) | 56 (16) | −0.63 | 0.53 |
 SDS | 67(14.5) | 70.5(13.25) | 66(14) | −1.70 | 0.09 |
 EPQ—E | 8(5) | 9(4.75) | 8(6) | −0.53 | 0.60 |
 EPQ—N | 15(7) | 15(6) | 15(7) | −0.16 | 0.87 |
 EPQ—P | 8(4) | 8(5.8) | 8(5) | −1.14 | 0.25 |
 EPQ—L | 11(4) | 10.5(5.5) | 11(4) | −1.50 | 0.13 |
Biological indicators(med ± IQR) | |||||
 Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L) | 4.56(0.71) | 4.62(0.88) | 4.55(0.69) | −0.12 | 0.91 |
 Triglycerides (mmol/L) | 1.17(0.78) | 1.27(0.86) | 1.14(0.74) | −0.91 | 0.37 |
 HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | 1.27(0.44) | 1.25(0.41) | 1.27(0.44) | −0.97 | 0.33 |
 LDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | 2.51(0.92) | 2.38(1.07) | 2.58(0.90) | −1.97 | 0.05 |
 Total Cholesterol (mmol/L) | 4.18(1.20) | 4.08(1.04) | 4.28(1.18) | −2.17 | 0.03 |
 HD/CH (mmol/L) | 0.30(0.10) | 0.31(0.10) | 0.30(0.10) | −0.35 | 0.72 |
 FT3 (pmol/L) | 4.60(1.12) | 4.61(1.12) | 4.59(1.14) | −0.18 | 0.86 |
 FT4 (pmol/L) | 14.84(3.56) | 14.35(4.21) | 14.93(3.52) | −0.97 | 0.33 |
 TSH (mIU/L) | 1.51(1.26) | 1.60 (1.65) | 1.48(1.24) | −1.48 | 0.14 |