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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of control group and participants with suicidal behaviors

From: Suicidal behaviors and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a cross-sectional study among Chinese medical college students

Variables

Controls N = 4046

SI N = 1565

P

OR

SP N = 450

P

OR

SA N = 841

P

OR

Males/females

483/3563

119/1446

< 0.001

1.647 (1.336–2.032)

37/413

0.019

1.513 (1.067–2.146)

71/770

0.004

1.470 (1.132–1.909)

District: Rural/Urban

2976/1070

1078/487

< 0.001

1.256 (1.106–1.428)

288/162

< 0.001

1.564 (1.275–1.920)

568/273

< 0.001

1.337 (1.139–1.569)

Nationality: Others/Han

487/3559

152/1413

0.014

1.272 (1.050–1.542)

34/416

0.005

1.674 (1.166–2.405)

72/769

0.004

1.461 (1.127–1.894)

Good relationship with mother

3960 (97.9%)

1471 (94.0%)

< 0.001

0.34 (0.252–0.458)

407 (90.4%)

< 0.001

0.206 (0.141–0.301)

780 (92.7%)

< 0.001

0.278 (0.198–0.389)

Good relationship with father

3906 (96.5%)

1418 (90.6%)

< 0.001

0.346 (0.272–0.439)

389 (86.4%)

< 0.001

0.229 (0.166–0.314)

747 (88.8%)

< 0.001

0.285 (0.217–0.374)

Physical disorder history

196 (4.8%)

168 (10.7%)

< 0.001

2.362 (1.905–2.929)

52 (11.6%)

< 0.001

2.566 (1.859–3.544)

100 (11.9%)

< 0.001

2.651 (2.058–3.415)

Family history of mental disorder

60 (1.5%)

48 (3.1%)

< 0.001

2.102 (1.432–3.086)

23 (5.1%)

< 0.001

3.578 (2.190–5.846)

33 (3.9%)

< 0.001

2.713 (1.762–4.177)

Smoking

146 (3.6%)

90 (5.8%)

< 0.001

1.63 (1.245–2.134)

44 (9.8%)

< 0.001

2.895 (2.035–4.117)

69 (8.2%)

< 0.001

2.388 (1.775–3.212)

Drinking

549 (13.6%)

351 (22.4%)

< 0.001

1.842 (1.587–2.138)

128 (28.4%)

< 0.001

2.532 (2.025–3.167)

229 (27.2%)

< 0.001

2.383 (1.998–2.844)

Anxiety

601 (14.9%)

594 (38.0%)

< 0.001

3.507 (3.067–4.009)

225 (50.0%)

< 0.001

5.732 (4.674–7.030)

388 (46.1%)

< 0.001

4.991 (4.180–5.767)

Depression

1070 (26.4%)

829 (53.0%)

< 0.001

3.133 (2.775–3.537)

271 (60.2%)

< 0.001

4.211 (3.443–5.150)

497 (59.1%)

< 0.001

4.018 (3.444–4.688)

ADHD

59 (1.5%)

135 (8.6%)

< 0.001a

6.38 (4.671–8.714)

59 (13.1%)

< 0.001a

10.197 (7.005–14.844)

97 (11.5%)

< 0.001a

8.810 (6.315–12.291)

 ADHD-I

26

71

< 0.001b

 

28

< 0.001b

 

50

< 0.001b

 

 ADHD-H

4

9

  

4

  

7

  

 ADHD-C

29

55

  

27

  

40

  
  1. Note: SI Suicidal ideation, SP Suicide plans, SA Suicide attempts, ADHD-I Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder predominantly inattentive type, ADHD-H Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type, ADHD-C Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder combined type; ais the comparison between healthy controls and those three suicidal behaviors, bis a comparison among the three types of ADHD
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BMC Psychiatry

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