Table 4. Head-to-Head Comparisons of Preadolescent and Adolescent Suicide Deaths^a.

Characteristic	k b	No. of individuals	d (95% CI)	P value
Sex (female)	4	3173	−0.52 (−0.69 to −0.36)	<.001
Overall psychopathology	3	891	−0.06 (−0.32 to 0.21)	.69
Depression	3	904	−0.41 (−0.71 to −0.10)	.01
History of psychiatric treatment	3	809	−0.16 (−0.48 to 0.15)	.31
Academic stress	3	904	−0.30 (−0.78 to 0.18)	.22

^a Adolescent suicide served as the reference group in these comparisons; positive d values indicate a variable is more characteristic of preadolescent suicide, whereas negative d values indicate a variable is more characteristic of adolescent suicide.

^b k Indicates the number of unique associations.