TABLE 3.
Comparisons of demographic and clinical characteristics between the SR-P and NSR-P groups.
| Variables | NSR-P (N = 88) |
SR-P (N = 80) |
Statistic (t or x2or z) |
OR | 95% CI |
P-value | |
| Lower | Upper | ||||||
| Age (years), mean (SD)a | 34.60 (12.73) | 25.79 (10.51) | 4.91 | 1.070 | 1.037 | 1.104 | <0.001* |
| Sex, n (%) | 4.36 | 0.507 | 0.267 | 0.963 | 0.037* | ||
| Male | 39 (44.31) | 23 (28.75) | |||||
| Female | 49 (55.68) | 57 (71.25) | |||||
| Education, n (%) | 0.30 | 1.211 | 0.611 | 2.398 | 0.584 | ||
| High school and below (<12 years) | 22 (25.00) | 23 (28.75) | |||||
| Above high school (≥12 years) | 66 (75.00) | 57 (71.25) | |||||
| Marital status, n (%) | 11.35 | 3.068 | 1.581 | 5.955 | 0.001* | ||
| Married | 43 (48.86) | 19 (23.75) | |||||
| Unmarried | 45 (51.14) | 61 (76.25) | |||||
| Vocational status, n (%) | 0.31 | 0.794 | 0.350 | 1.800 | 0.580 | ||
| On the job | 72 (81.82) | 68 (85.00) | |||||
| Unemployment | 16 (18.18) | 12 (15.00) | |||||
| Duration of illness (months), medianb | 6.00 | 6.50 | 0.89 | – | – | – | 0.374 |
| HAMD total scores, mean (SD)a | 20.83 (6.42) | 25.61 (6.61) | 5.23 | 0.873 | 0.823 | 0.925 | <0.001* |
| HAMD scores without item 3, mean (SD)a,c | 19.89 (5.02) | 24.00 (6.42) | 4.60 | 0.883 | 0.833 | 0.936 | <0.001* |
SR-P, suicidal risk MDD patient; NSR-P, non-suicidal risk MDD patient.
*Statistical significance.
at-tests.
bRank-sum tests.
cThird (suicide) item was removed from the total Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD) score.