Association of serum uric acid levels with suicide risk in female patients with major depressive disorder: a comparative cross-sectional study

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of healthy controls and patients with MDD

	Healthy controls (N = 52)	Patients without suicide risk (N = 52)	Patients with suicide risk (N = 52)	F/χ²	df	p
Age (years)	44.44 (11.60)	44.31 (11.72)	44.38 (11.65)	0.002	153	0.998
Education (years)	12.63 (5.09)	12.83 (4.76)	12.33 (4.90)	0.135	153	0.874
Married, n (%)	44 (84.6)	43 (82.7)	32 (61.5)^ab	9.424	2	0.009
Employed, n (%)	43 (82.7)	36 (69.2)	31 (59.6)^a	6.721	2	0.035
BMI (kg/m²)	22.95 (2.79)	22.10 (2.54) ^a	21.62 (2.68) ^a	3.333	153	0.038

Data are mean ± SD unless otherwise indicated. a, compared with healthy controls, p < 0.05; b, compared with patients without suicide risk, p < 0.05

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