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[Preprint]. 2023 Jun 1:rs.3.rs-2958575. [Version 1] doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2958575/v1

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics for 100 subjects for MEGENA network building.

Total
N = 100
MDD/SA
N = 23
MDD/NS
N = 50
HC
N = 27
P-value Sig. pair
Age, Mean ± sd 36.4 ± 11.4 36.3 ± 11.1 37.5 ± 11.2 34.7 ± 12.3 0.5906 NA
Sex, n(%)
Male 40 (40%) 8 (35%) 21 (42%) 11 (41%) 0.8393 NA
Female 60 (60%) 15 (65%) 29(58%) 16(59%)
Ethnicity, n(%)
Hispanic 17 (17%) 3 (13%) 8 (16%) 6 (22%) 0.7342# NA
Non-Hispanic 83 (83%) 20 (87%) 42 (84%) 21 (78%)
Race, n(%)
White 59 (59%) 15 (65%) 31 (62%) 13 (48%) 0.2138# NA
Black or African American 23 (23%) 5 (22%) 8 (16%) 10 (37%)
Asian 11 (11%) 3 (13%) 7 (14%) 1 (4%)
Other 7 (7%) 0 (0%) 4 (8%) 3 (11%)
Beck Scale for Suicidal ideation (SSI), Mean ± sd 6.7 ± 8.6 12.6 ± 9.0 7.6 ± 8.4 0±0 < 0.0001# MDD/NS > HC, MDD/SA > HC
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Mean ± sd 17.1 ± 14.8 27.2 ± 12.0 22.1 ± 12.6 0.9 ± 2.2 < 0.0001# MDD/NS > HC, MDD/SA > HC
Hamilton Depression Rating Scales (HAM17), Mean ± sd 13.6 ± 10.2 20.9 ± 5.8 19.9 ± 5.2 1.3 ± 1.5 < 0.0001# MDD/NS > HC, MDD/SA > HC
Lethality of most lethal actual suicide attempt median [IQR] 1 [0–3]
Suicidal ideation group, n*
SSI = 0 (No-SI) 46 4 15 27
SSI ≥ 5 (High-SI) 46 19 27 0
0 < SSI < 5 (Low-SI)* 8 0 8 0
*

A total of 92 subjects had No or High ideation group assignment.

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non-parametric tests: Fisher’s exact for count, Kruskal-Wallis test for three group comparison with post-hoc Wilcoxon rank sum test using Bonferroni correction, and Wilcoxon rank sum test for two group comparison.

*

Low-SI subjects were excluded for SI group comparison.