Table 2Table 2.
Comparisons between suicide attempters and non-attempters within ASD and non-ASD group
| ASD ( n = 37) | Non-ASD ( n = 299) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suicide attempters ( n = 9) | Suicide non-attempters ( n = 28) | p | Suicide attempters ( n = 22) | Suicide non-attempters ( n = 277) | p | |
| Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ) mean (SD) | 33.3 (6.9) | 30.9 (6.5) | .58 | |||
| Age (year) mean (SD) | 28.0 (10.9) | 28.7 (8.2) | .87 | 38.8 (13.4) | 43.1 (14.1) | .16 |
| Range | 19–55 | 18–51 | 20–62 | 18–83 | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Female gender | 6 (67) | 14 (50) | .46 | 14 (64) | 174 (63) | 1 |
| Already treated at the first visit | 5 (56) | 16 (57) | 1 | 18 (82) | 174 (63) | .10 |
| Drug treatments at the first visit | 5 (56) | 15 (54) | 1 | 14 (64) | 156 (56) | .66 |
| Anxiolytics | 2 (22) | 10 (36) | .69 | 8 (36) | 99 (36) | 1 |
| Antidepressants | 4 (44) | 8 (29) | .43 | 7 (32) | 92 (33) | 1 |
| Mood stabilizers | 1 (11) | 2 (7) | 1 | 5 (23) | 38 (14) | .34 |
| Antipsychotics | 0 (0) | 4 (14) | .55 | 5 (23) | 39 (14) | .34 |
| Educational level | .12 | .18 | ||||
| University or upper | 3 (33) | 19 (68) | 6 (27) | 118 (43) | ||
| High school or lower | 6 (67) | 9 (31) | 16 (73) | 159 (57) | ||
| Marital status | .37 | .65 | ||||
| Married | 3 (33) | 5 (18) | 12 (55) | 177 (60) | ||
| Unmarried, divorced, or widowed | 6 (67) | 23 (82) | 10 (45) | 110 (40) | ||
| Employment | .40 | .25 | ||||
| Employed, homemaker, undergraduate | 8 (89) | 20 (71) | 12 (55) | 186 (67) | ||
| Unemployed or retired | 1 (11) | 8 (29) | 10 (45) | 91 (33) | ||
| Living alone | 1 (11) | 7 (25) | .65 | 1 (5) | 58 (21) | .09 |
| Past suicidal behaviors | 5 (56) | 3 (11) | .01 | 11 (50) | 38 (14) | <.01 |
| Family history of psychiatric disorders | 3 (33) | 6 (21) | .66 | 6 (27) | 71 (26) | .81 |
| Family history of suicide | 1 (11) | 3 (11) | 1 | 5 (23) | 17 (6) | .02 |
| Bipolarity | 3 (33) | 13 (46) | .70 | 10 (45) | 104 (38) | .50 |
| Agitation | 8 (89) | 3 (11) | <.01 | 10 (45) | 34 (12) | <.01 |
| Psychotic features | 1 (11) | 1 (4) | .43 | 3 (14) | 16 (6) | .16 |
| Physical diseases | 0 (0) | 1 (4) | 1 | 3 (14) | 48 (17) | 1 |
| Alcohol abuse | 3 (33) | 2 (7) | .08 | 4 (18) | 35 (13) | .51 |
| Cluster B personality disorder | 1 (11) | 2 (7) | 1 | 3 (14) | 5 (2) | .02 |
| Subtypes of ASD | .02 | |||||
| Autistic disorder or Asperger’s disorder | 0 (0) | 12 (43) | ||||
| PDD-NOS | 9 (100) | 16 (57) | ||||