Table 1.

Comparison of characteristics between recent and past suicide attempters and non-attempters (n = 1,718).

	Recent suicide attempters1	Past suicide attempters2	Never suicide attempters3 (n = 1372)	χ2/F	P
	(n = 235)	(n = 111)
Socio-demographic and clinical
Characteristics (Mean ± SD)
Age (years)	36.48(12.57)	35.36(11.90)	34.55(12.43)	2.51	0.08
Female (%)	170(72.34%)	64(57.66)	896(65.30%)	7.92	0.02a
Unmarried (%)	60(25.53%)	35(31.53%)	407(29.66%)	1.98	0.37
Education (years)	12.61(3.19)	12.43(2.84)	12.76(2.89)	0.79	0.45
Age of onset (years)	36.28(12.49)	35.06(11.79)	34.35(12.31)	2.51	0.08
Duration of illness (month)	6.53(4.84)	7.83(4.88)	6.15 (4.68)	6.87	0.00b
BMI	24.67(1.73)	23.58(3.13)	24.38(1.81)	12.30	0.00c
Scale assessment (Mean ± SD)
HAMD	32.09(2.75)	32.55(3.14)	29.81(2.75)	107.17	0.00d
HAMA	24.22(3.55)	22.25(3.15)	20.09(3.08)	184.67	0.00e
Biological indicators (Mean ± SD)
Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)	5.82(1.12)	5.67(1.08)	5.12(1.07)	52.61	0.00f
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	2.30(1.03)	2.29(0.98)	2,14(0.98)	3.59	0.00g
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.14 (0.28)	1.14 (0.30)	1.24(0.28)	18.32	0.00h
LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	3.20 (0.92)	3.23 (0.88)	2.92(0.84)	15.25	0.00i

BMI, body mass index; HAMD, Hamilton Depression Scale; HAMA, Hamilton Anxiety Scale; HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein.

All post-hoc analyses were done using Tukey;

^{a 1}vs.² p = 0.02,¹vs.³ p = 0.09, ²vs.³ p = 0.23;

^{b 1}vs.² p = 0.04,¹vs.³ p = 0.48, ²vs.³ p < 0.001;

^{c 1}vs.² p < 0.001,¹vs.³ p = 0.08, ²vs.³ p < 0.001;

^{d 1}vs.² p = 0.33,¹vs.³ p < 0.001, ²vs.³ p < 0.001;

^eall post-hoc test p < 0.001;

^{f 1}vs.² p = 0.46,¹vs.³ p < 0.001,²vs.³ p < 0.001;

^{g 1}vs.² p = 1.00,¹vs.³ p = 0.05,²vs.³ p = 0.27;

^{h 1}vs.² p = 1.00,¹vs.³ p < 0.001,²vs.³ p < 0.001;

^{i 1}vs.² p = 0.95, ¹vs.³ p < 0.001,²vs.³ p < 0.001.