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Table 2.

CSF monoamine metabolites of high- and low-lethality depressed suicide attempters with comorbid alcoholism

Variable	Low- lethality suicide attempters		High- lethality suicide attempters		Analysis

	Mean (N)	SD (%)	Mean (N)	SD (%)	t	df	p
5-HIAA (pmol/ ml)	119.7	47.1	91.5	23.8	2.1	30	0.04
HVA (pmol/ml)	177.5	69.7	180.1	50.6	−0.1	30	0.9
MHPG (pmol/ ml)	37.2	13.1	43.6	12.2	−1.4	30	0.2