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

Table 2 Clinical characteristics of depressive subjects with or without suicide risk

	Patients without suicide risk (N = 52)	Patients with suicide risk (N = 52)	t/χ²/Z	df	p
Age at onset (years)	38.85 (12.58)	35.71 (11.36)	3.028	102	0.185
HAMD-17 score*	20.63 (2.95)	23.63 (3.90)	4.423	102	< 0.001
MDD, single episode, n (%)	16 (30.8)	23 (44.2)	2.010	2	0.156
Family history of psychiatric disorder, n (%)	15 (28.8)	12 (23.1)	0.450	2	0.502
Number of episodes, median (P₂₅, P₇₅)	2 (1, 3)	22 (1, 4)	0.220	---^a	0.826
Duration of illness (Months), median (P₂₅, P₇₅)	33.0 (12.5, 103.5)	38.5 (4.9, 218.3)	0.133	---^a	0.894
Scores of suicide risk, median (P₂₅, P₇₅)	1 (0, 3)	11 (9, 19)	8.859	---^a	< 0.001

Data are means ± SD unless otherwise indicated. HMAD-17:17 item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. a, Mann–Whitney U-test. *Item 3 (suicide) was excluded from the total score

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