Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of attempters and non-attempters.

Variables	Overall Sample		Attempters (N = 35)		Non-Attempters (N = 37)		Statistic X2	p value
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Female	57	79%	30	86%	27	73%	1.98	0.1833
Psychotropic Medication	33	46%	15	43%	18	49%	0.24	0.6220
Smoking Status	18	26%	9	26%	9	25%	0.02	0.8881
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	t
Age	31.88	10.42	31.00	11.22	32.80	9.59	−0.73	0.4678
Education (yrs)	14.43	2.00	14.68	1.65	14.18	2.31	1.01	0.3156
BMI	26.33	6.62	25.19	6.37	27.33	6.77	1.30	0.1999
CTQ Emotional Abuse	12.40	6.02	11.77	5.74	14.44	6.82	−1.17	0.2495
CTQ Physical Abuse	10.17	5.93	9.83	5.63	11.33	7.09	−0.66	0.5105
CTQ Sexual Abuse	8.10	6.16	7.40	5.69	10.44	7.42	−1.31	0.1976
CTQ Emotional Neglect	13.01	6.23	12.88	6.19	13.44	6.73	−0.24	0.8137
CTQ Physical Neglect	8.54	4.19	7.97	3.47	10.44	5.88	−1.20	0.2572
BGAH	19.93	5.79	18.84	6.07	21.18	5.37	−1.71	0.0913
BIS	55.06	18.11	55.00	17.82	54.66	19.76	0.08	0.9385
HDRS-17	10.97	6.48	10.08	6.59	11.91	6.33	−1.20	0.2330
BDI	17.40	11.11	15.38	11.05	19.67	10.91	−1.63	0.1076
BHS	8.01	5.56	6.41	5.02	10.00	5.63	−2.76	0.0075*
ALS	68.70	41.85	71.46	44.42	59.83	32.81	0.72	0.4740

Abbreviations: BMI, Body Mass Index; CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; BGAH, Brown-Goodwin Lifetime History of Aggressive Behavior; BIS, Barratt Impulsivity Scale; HDRS-17, 17-Item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; BHS, Beck Hopelessness Scale; ALS, Affective Lability Scale.

^*p< 0.01.