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Table 1 Demographic and clinical variables in patients with and without suicide attempts

From: Suicide attempt rate and the risk factors in young, first-episode and drug-naïve Chinese Han patients with major depressive disorder

 

NSA MDD group

(n = 738)

SA MDD group

(n = 179)

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P

Age (years, Mean ± SD)

24.42 ± 5.39

25.75 ± 5.48

-2.95

0.003

Gender – male, n (%)

287(38.9)

64(35.8)

0.60

0.439

Education level

    Junior high school or below, n (%)

36(4.9)

21(11.7)

15.56

0.001

    Senior high school, n (%)

366(49.6)

73(40.8)

    University degree, n (%)

280(37.9)

65(36.3)

    Postgraduate degree, n (%)

56(7.6)

20(11.2)

Marital status

    Single, n (%)

391(53)

90(50.3)

0.42

0.516

    Married, n (%)

347(47)

89(49.7)

BMI(kg/m2, Mean ± SD)

24.31 ± 1.86

24.28 ± 2.61

0.16

0.873

Age of onset (years, Mean ± SD)

24.34 ± 5.35

25.62 ± 5.44

-2.86

0.004

Disease duration (months, Mean ± SD)

4.76 ± 3.11

5.83 ± 4.05

-3.31

0.001

HAMD-17( Mean ± SD)

29.66 ± 2.78

32.23 ± 2.77

-11.10

 < 0.001

HAMA( Mean ± SD)

20.02 ± 3.04

23.37 ± 3.45

-12.86

 < 0.001

PANSS positive symptom subscale ( Mean ± SD)

8.19 ± 3.40

10.92 ± 6.17

-5.70

 < 0.001

CGI-S ( Mean ± SD)

5.8 ± 0.71

6.44 ± 0.73

-10.74

 < 0.001

  1. Note: NSA MDD Major depressive disorder without suicide attempts, SA MDD Major depressive disorder with suicide attempts, BMI Body mass index, HAMD-17 Hamilton depression rating scale -17 items, HAMA Hamilton anxiety rating scale, PANSS Positive and negative syndrome scale, CGI-S Clinical global impression of severity scale