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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2017 Feb 20;252:57–62. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.02.042

Table 1.

Comparing the demographics and characteristics between the samples

Mean±SD/f (%)
χ2/t
Male Cases (N=293) Male Controls (N=293) Female Cases (N=498) Female Controls (N=498) MCA vs MCO .FCA vs. FCO MCA vs. FCA
Age - 30.54±7.88 30.77±7.88 32.28±8.01 32.35±8.01 −0.37 −0.13 −2.98**
Education years - 7.35±2.74 9.71±3.23 6.64±3.51 8.35±3.89 −9.55*** −7.29*** 2.97**
Marital status Never married 76 (25.9) 64 (21.8) 56 (11.2) 70 (14.1) 1.35 1.78 28.65***
Ever married 217 (74.1) 229 (78.2) 442 (88.8) 428 (85.9)
Occupation Peasants 103 (35.2) 76 (25.9) 319 (64.1) 268 (53.8) 5.86* 10.79*** 61.92***
Others 190 (64.8) 217 (74.1) 179 (35.9) 230 (46.2)
Religious belief Yes 46 (15.7) 23 (7.8) 102 (20.5) 90 (18.1) 8.69** 0.93 2.77
No 247 (84.3) 270 (92.2) 396 (79.5) 408 (81.9)
Physical disease Yes 64 (21.8) 29 (9.9) 69 (13.9) 43 (8.6) 15.66*** 6.80** 8.41**
No 229 (78.2) 264 (90.1) 429 (86.1) 455 (91.4)
Pesticide at home Yes 187 (63.8) 169 (57.7) 291 (58.4) 262 (52.6) 2.32 3.42 2.24
No 106 (36.2) 124 (42.3) 207 (41.6) 236 (47.4)
Family suicide history Yes 26 (8.9) 6 (2.0) 30 (6.0) 7 (1.4) 13.22*** 14.85*** 2.28
No 267 (91.1) 287 (98.0) 468 (94.0) 491 (98.6)
Negative life events - 1.88±1.91 0.68±1.11 1.80±1.68 0.56±0.96 9.31*** 14.24*** 0.60
Social support - 7.94±2.31 9.56±1.73 7.52±2.07 8.82±1.82 −9.58*** −10.50*** 2.65**
Impulsivity - 10.25±4.11 8.90±3.04 9.68±4.05 8.84±3.38 4.53*** 3.59*** 1.88
Mental disorder Yes 69 (23.5) 14 (4.8) 82 (16.5) 8 (1.6) 42.46*** 66.89*** 6.00*
No 224 (76.5) 279 (95.2) 416 (83.5) 490 (98.4)

Note:

***

p<0.001;

**

p<0.01;

*

p<0.05.

MCA=Male Cases, MCO= Male Conrols, FCA=Female Cases, FCO=Females Controls, SD=Standard Deviation.