Table 3.
Adult suicidal behavior in adolescents with depression and somatic symptoms compared with non-depressed controls
| Non depressed n = 152 % |
Depressed adolescents with different number of somatic symptoms n = 217 |
Linear by linear correlation in depression subgroups | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0 |
1-2 |
3-4 |
≥5 |
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| n = 35% | n = 73% | n = 59% | n = 50% | |||
| Suicidal ideation in adulthood | ||||||
| Thoughts of being better deada |
14.6 |
34.3** |
26.6* |
33.9** |
48.0*** |
n.s. |
| Suicidal thoughtsa |
9.0 |
20.6* |
12.3 |
16.9 |
28.0*** |
n.s. |
| Active suicide plansa |
4.8 |
11.8 |
5.5 |
6.8 |
22.0*** |
n.s. |
| Suicide attempta |
2.6 |
11.8* |
4.1 |
5.1 |
16.0** |
n.s. |
| Hospitalized for suicide attempta | 1.3 | 5.9 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 8.0* | n.s. |
Notes: a = Any time from age 19 to follow-up.
* = p < 0.05; ** = p < 0.01; *** = p < 0.001 (Referring to comparisons with the non-depression group, χ2 calculation).