Table 1.
Background characteristics of the 264 participants
| Cases (attempted suicide) (n = 62) | Psychiatric controls (n = 64) | Healthy controls (n = 138) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD); range | p-value | |||
| Age, years | 49.0 (14.8); 18–86 | 42.3 (13.9); 18–77 | 48.7 (15.3); 19–70 | 0.011 |
| N (%) | ||||
| Sex | 0.099 | |||
| F | 32 (51.6) | 29 (45.3) | 84 (60.9) | |
| M | 30 (48.4) | 35 (54.7) | 54 (39.1) | |
| Marital status | < 0.001 | |||
| Single | 22 (35.5) | 46 (71.9) | 47 (34.1) | |
| Married/in a relationship | 24 (38.7) | 12 (18.8) | 82 (59.4) | |
| Divorced | 11 (17.7) | 4 (6.2) | 9 (6.5) | |
| Widowed/other | 5 (8.1) | 2 (3.1) | 0 | |
| Living conditions, alone | 18 (29.0) | 14 (21.9) | 8 (5.8) | < 0.001 |
| Education level | 0.228 | |||
| Low | 26 (41.9) | 20 (31.2) | 38 (27.5) | |
| Middle | 29 (46.8) | 31 (48.4) | 79 (57.2) | |
| High | 7 (11.3) | 13 (20.3) | 21 (15.2) | |
| Professional level | 0.019 | |||
| None | 20 (32.3) | 33 (51.6) | 59 (42.8) | |
| Low | 18 (29.0) | 17 (26.6) | 20 (14.5) | |
| Middle | 21 (33.9) | 11 (17.2) | 54 (39.1) | |
| High | 3 (4.8) | 3 (4.7) | 5 (3.6) | |
| Main psychiatric diagnosis | < 0.001 | |||
| Psychotic disorder | 7 (11.3%) | 24 (37.5%) | –- | |
| Depressive disorder | 40 (64.5%) | 12 (18.8%) | –- | |
| Bipolar disorder | 11 (17.8%) | 24 (37.5%) | ||
| Other (personality disorder, eating disorder, substance abuse) | 4 (6.3%) | 4 (6.3%) | –- | |
| Secondary Diagnosis | < 0.001 | |||
| Personality disorder | 10 (16.1%) | 5 (7.8%) | –- | |
| Substance abuse | 3 (4.8%) | 3 (4.7%) | –- | |
| Other | 1 (1.6%) | 1 (1.6%) | –- | |