Table 1.
Characteristics and body composition for participants in the suicide and healthy group.
| Variable | Suicide (n = 99) | Healthy (n = 99) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) | Mean ± SD | No. (%) | Mean ± SD | ||
| Gender | Male | 28 (28.3) | 27 (27.3) | ||
| Female | 71 (71.7) | 72 (72.7) | |||
| Age (year) | 19–29 | 25 (25.3) | 22.36 ± 3.36 | 25 (25.3) | 22.00 ± 2.79 |
| 30–39 | 17 (17.2) | 35.12 ± 2.75 | 18 (18.2) | 35.50 ± 2.55 | |
| 40–49 | 18 (18.2) | 44.61 ± 3.05 | 18 (18.2) | 44.61 ± 2.72 | |
| 50–59 | 26 (26.3) | 54.12 ± 2.99 | 25 (25.3) | 53.68 ± 2.71 | |
| >60 | 13 (13.0) | 61.77 ± 1.83 | 13 (13.0) | 61.62 ± 1.80 | |
| Anthropometrics | Height (cm) | 162.12 ± 9.36 | 161.94 ± 7.97 | ||
| Weight (kg) | 63.81 ± 12.60 | 63.85 ± 11.72 | |||
| Waist Circumference (cm) | 80.76 ± 10.65 | 80.76 ± 10.29 | |||
| BMI (kg·m−2) | 24.24 ± 4.12 | 24.31 ± 3.82 | |||
| Education | <Elementary School | 16 (16.2) | 6 (6.1) | ||
| <Middle School | 11 (11.0) | 12 (12.1) | |||
| <High School | 47 (47.5) | 39 (39.4) | |||
| >Undergraduate | 25 (25.3) | 41 (41.4) | |||
| Average Monthly Income |
USD < 825 | 38 (38.4) | 20 (20.3) | ||
| USD 825–1650 | 24 (24.2) | 33 (33.3) | |||
| USD 1650–2476 | 19 (19.2) | 23 (23.2) | |||
| USD > 2476 | 18 (18.2) | 23 (23.2) | |||
| Occupation | Administrators, managers, and professionals | 10 (10.1) | 17 (17.2) | ||
| Office workers | 10 (10.1) | 13 (13.1) | |||
| Service workers and shop sales workers | 18 (18.2) | 18 (18.3) | |||
| Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | 3 (3.0) | 3 (3.0) | |||
| Machine operators and assemblers | 9 (9.1) | 9 (9.1) | |||
| Laborers (not elsewhere classified) | 10 (10.1) | 4 (4.0) | |||
| Jobless (e.g., housewife, students) | 39 (39.4) | 34 (34.3) | |||
SD: standard deviation, There are no significant differences in height, weight, waist circumference, BMI between suicide and healthy group (p > 0.05). Education: educational status (for example, <elementary school means that people up to elementary school graduated). Total number of persons responded was 98 in the education and occupation categories in the healthy group, 1% missing from the table (did not answer), 1 USD = 1211.8 KRW (Korean Won).