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Table 1 Factors associated with suicidal ideation among the hypertensive patients in Shandong, China, 2016

From: Suicidal ideation among the hypertensive individuals in Shandong, China: a path analysis

Characteristics

Total n (%)

Suicidal Ideation

P

Yes (%)

No (%)

Observation

3911

767 (19.6)

3144 (80.4)

 

Comorbidity

   

0.000

 Yes

1326 (33.9)

334 (25.2)

992 (74.8)

 

 No

2585 (66.1)

433 (16.8)

2152 (83.2)

 

Gender

   

0.000

 Male

1433 (36.6)

202 (14.1)

1231 (85.9)

 

 Female

2478 (63.4)

565 (22.8)

1913 (77.2)

 

Age

   

0.277

 <60

847 (21.7)

155 (18.3)

692 (81.7)

 

 ≥60

3064 (78.3)

612 (20.0)

2452 (80.0)

 

Marital status

   

0.000

 Single a

686 (17.5)

185 (27.0)

501 (73.0)

 

 Married

3225 (82.5)

582 (18.0)

2643 (82.0)

 

Education

    

 Illiteracy or semiliterate

1502 (38.4)

349 (23.2)

1153 (76.8)

0.000

 Primary school

1363 (34.9)

272 (20.0)

1091 (80.0)

 

 Junior school

750 (19.2)

112 (14.9)

638 (85.1)

 

 Senior school or above

296 (7.6)

34 (11.5)

262 (88.5)

 

Economic status b

   

0.000

 Q1

982 (25.1)

250 (25.5)

732 (74.5)

 

 Q2

976 (25.0)

220 (22.5)

756 (77.5)

 

 Q3

977 (25.0)

187 (19.1)

790 (80.9)

 

 Q4

976 (25.0)

110 (11.3)

866 (88.7)

 

Residence

   

0.000

 Rural

3113 (79.6)

671 (21.6)

2442 (78.4)

 

 Urban

798 (20.4)

96 (12.0)

702 (88.0)

 

Smoking

   

0.000

 No

2987 (76.4)

647 (21.7)

2340 (78.3)

 

 Yes

924 (23.6)

120 (13.0)

804 (87.0)

 

Alcohol use

   

0.000

 No

3256 (83.3)

693 (21.3)

2563 (78.7)

 

 Yes

655 (16.7)

74 (11.3)

581 (88.7)

 

Exercise (time/a week)

   

0.000

 <1

1588 (40.6)

393 (24.7)

1195 (75.3)

 

 1–2

214 (5.5)

43 (20.1)

171 (79.9)

 

 ≥3

2109 (53.9)

331 (15.7)

1778 (84.3)

 

Number of medicine

   

0.718

 0

455 (11.6)

83 (18.2)

372 (81.8)

 

 1

2300 (58.9)

465 (20.2)

1835 (79.8)

 

 ≥2

1156 (29.5)

219 (19.0)

937 (81.0)

 

Duration

   

0.202

 <5

1230 (31.4)

221 (18.0)

1009 (82.0)

 

 5-

1234 (31.6)

239 (19.4)

995 (80.6)

 

 15-

531 (13.6)

115 (21.7)

416 (78.3)

 

 20+

916 (23.4)

192 (21.0)

724 (79.0)

 

Hospitalization

   

0.000

 No

3371 (86.2)

622 (18.5)

2749 (81.5)

 

 Yes

540 (13.8)

145 (26.9)

395 (73.1)

 

K10c

   

0.000

 1

2358 (60.3)

144 (6.1)

2214 (93.9)

 

 2

624 (16.0)

164 (26.3)

460 (73.7)

 

 3

499 (12.8)

205 (41.1)

294 (58.9)

 

 4

430 (11.0)

254 (59.1)

176 (40.9)

 
  1. Note: P-values indicate statistical significance at 5% level
  2. aSingles include those who are unmarried (1.7%), divorced (0.3%), widowed (15.5%)
  3. bQuartile 1(Q1) is the poorest and Quartile 4(Q4) is the richest
  4. cK10 means 10-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale:1 was suggestive of lower risk of suffering from mental illness, 2 was indicative of low risk of a mental illness,3 was suggestive of relatively high risk of psychiatric disorders, and 4 was indicative of higher risk of mental disorders
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