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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients with or without suicide ideation, N (%) or M (SD)

From: Suicidal ideation in Chinese adults with schizophrenia: associations with neurocognitive function and empathy

Variables

No Suicide Ideation

(N = 219)

Suicide Ideation

(N = 82)

t/χ2

P

Age (year)

33.71(6.42)

34.52(6.25)

-0.990

0.323

Education years

9.58(3.02)

9.63(3.87)

-0.105

0.917

Age at first onset of psychiatric symptoms

22.76(5.74)

23.06(5.97)

-0.403

0.687

BMI

25.08(4.84)

24.48(4.26)

0.993

0.321

Suicide attempts

0.10(0.37)

0.56(0.80)

-6.894

0.000***

Gender (Male/ Female)

136/83

47/35

0.573

0.449

Family history (no/yes)

178/41

61/21

1.731

0.188

Antipsychotics (single/combination)

96/123

29/53

1.763

0.184

Typical antipsychotics dose (CPZ equivalent mg)

27.68 (126.99)

34.91(134.97)

-0.432

0.666

Atypical antipsychotics dose (CPZ equivalent mg)

462.97(286.60)

431.49(251.72)

0.876

0.382

Antipsychotics total dose (CPZ equivalent mg)

489.15(292.27)

462.40(264.66)

0.725

0.469

BSI-CV-suicide ideation

0.36(0.99)

7.55(3.90)

-25.241

0.000***

  1. M Mean, SD Standard deviation, BMI Body mass index, CPZ Chlorpromazine, BSI-CV Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation—Chinese Version. ***significant at P < 0 .001