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Published in final edited form as: J Psychiatr Res. 2012 Jul 31;46(10):10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.06.016. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.06.016

Table 2.

Correlations of testosterone levels with demographic and clinical features of bipolar suicide attempters

Variable Name Correlations Correlations controlled for sex
r p N r p N
Demographic features
Age (yrs) 0.12 0.34 67 −0.15 0.24 64
Education (total years) 0.01 0.96 66 −0.28 0.02 63
Clinical features
Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) −0.13 0.30 66 0.06 0.63 63
Brown-Goodwin Aggression History Scale 0.25 0.05 63 0.20 0.12 60
Barrat Impulsivity Scale (BIS) 0.22 0.09 59 0.20 0.13 56
Buss Durkee Hostility Scale 0.002 0.99 57 0.01 0.96 54
Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHI) 0.03 0.84 57 0.05 0.74 54
Age at first major depressive episode −0.12 0.39 58 −0.15 0.26 55
Age at first manic episode −0.31 0.049 41 −0.13 0.44 38
Age at first psychiatric hospitalization −0.23 0.13 43 −0.28 0.07 40
Number of depressive episodes 0.41 0.002 57 0.15 0.28 54
Number of manic episodes 0.31 0.016 59 0.32 0.02 56
Number of psychiatric hospitalizations 0.04 0.96 57 0.27 0.84 54
Number of suicide attempts 0.14 0.26 67 0.35 0.004 64
Maximum lethality of suicide attempts 0.3 0.009 65 0.20 0.12 62
Beck Suicidal Ideation Scale −.03 0.016 49 0.002 0.99 46
Reasons for Living Scale −0.26 0.049 56 −0.23 0.09 53