Table 4.
Level of plasma cortisol (μg/dL) in subgroups of suicide attempters and comparison groups (health and psychiatric group) in a Mexican population.
| Groups | n | Age Mean ±SD | Cortisol Mean ±SD |
Statistics F |
P- value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Controls | 56 | 32.55 ± 11.75 | 8.79 ± 6.74 | Reference | |
| Psychiatric controls | 31 | 43.71 ± 13.40 | 12.79 ± 7.36 | 5.53 | 0.02 |
| Suicide attempted | 56 | 34.30 ± 10.37 | 14.68 ± 15.36 | 7.26 | 0.008 |
| PC vs. SA | 56 | 43.71 ± 13.40 | 14.68 ± 15.36 | 1.49 | 0.22 |
| SA-depression | |||||
| No | 42 | 33.14 ± 12.15 | 8.79 ± 6.74 | 5.17 | 0.02 |
| Yes | 14 | 30.78 ± 10.67 | 18.32 ± 20.54 | 8.99 | 0.004 |
| SA-number of attempt | |||||
| One | 37 | 31.21 ± 12.44 | 13.42 ± 16.50 | 4.10 | 0.04 |
| 2 or + | 19 | 35.15 ± 10.09 | 17.15 ± 12.76 | 13.56 | <0.001 |
PC, psychiatric controls; SA, suicide attempted; SD, standard deviation.
Depression by Hamilton Scale Depression. Statistically significant are present in bold.