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. 2022 Sep 26;25(4):148–155. doi: 10.1136/ebmental-2022-300549

Table 1.

Study characteristics

Study Country Case group Control group* NOS
n Age, M (range) Men (%) n Type
Almasi et al (2009)e1 Hungary 194 43 (30–62) 80.9 194 Living† 5
Altindag et al (2005)e2 Turkey 26 24 (12–62) 15.4 25 Living 9
Anton-San-Martin et al (2013)e3 Spain 40 56 (19–90) 67.5 80 Living 7
Appleby et al (1999)e4 England 84 27 (13–34) 81.0 64 Living 6
Arafat et al (2021)e5 Bangladesh 100 26 (9–75) 49.0 100 Living 7
Beautrais (2001)e6 New Zealand 202 37 (14–88) 77.7 984 Living 7
Chachamovich et al (2015)e7 Canada 120 23 82.5 120 Living 4
Chen et al (2006)e8 China 150 39 (15–59) 64.0 150 Living 7
Cheng et al (2000)e9 Taiwan 113 NR 61.5 226 Living 8
de la Vega Sanchez et al (2020)e10 Spain 192 54 100 81 Deceased 4
De Leo et al (2013)e11 Australia 261 ≥35 75.1 182 Deceased 6
Foster et al (1999)e12 Ireland 117 16–76 79.5 117 Living 7
Gururaj et al (2004)e13 India 269 75% 16–49 64.3 269 Living† 7
Jia et al (2014)e14 China 200 61 (11–93) 57.5 200 Living 7
Jollant et al (2014)e15 Philippines 15 15–64 73.3 30 Living 5
Khan et al (2008)e16 Pakistan 100 NR 83.0 100 Living 7
Kim et al (2003)e17 Canada 115 29 (18–65) 100 82 Living 8
Kodaka et al (2017)e18 Japan 102 ≥20 69.6 334 Living 7
Kolves et al (2006)e19 Estonia 427 48 80.3 427 Living† 7
Kurihara et al (2009)e20 Indonesia 60 41 (13–87) 63.3 120 Living 9
Manoranjitham et al (2010)e21 India 100 42 59.0 100 Living 6
Martiello et al (2019)e22 Italy 91 ≥25 80.2 270 Living 7
Morales & Martinez (2010)e23 Colombia 101 28 69.3 112 Deceased 7
Nicolas et al (2016)e24 Canada 42 37 50.0 42 Living 5
Overholser et al (2012)e25 United States 148 47 78.4 257 Deceased 4
Owens et al (2003)e26 England 100 ≥18 67.0 100 Living 6
Page et al (2014)e27 Australia 84 18–34 84.5 250 Living 7
Palacio et al (2007)e28 Colombia 108 29 (19–43) 80.6 108 Deceased 6
Politakis et al (2017)e29 Slovenia 90 49 70.0 90 Living 4
Rasouli et al (2019)e30 Iran 40 39 (19–75) 80.0 40 Living† 7
Ross et al (2017)e31 Australia 126 25–44 100 68 Deceased 6
Schneider et al (2006)e32 Germany 163 50 64.4 396 Living† 6
Tong & Phillips (2010)e33 China 895 42 (12–94) 50.7 701 Deceased 5
Vijayakumar & Rajkumar (1999)e34 India 100 ≥15 55.0 100 Living 7
Zhang et al (2004)e35 China 66 46 72.7 66 Living 5
Zhang et al 2010e36 China 392 27 (15–34) 54.6 416 Living 7
Zonda (2006)e37 Hungary 100 52 67.0 100 Deceased 7

Note. References are provided in online supplemental table S3.

*Matched with the case group for age and sex in all but five studies.e6,e10,e11,e25,e33

†Control subjects acted as their own informants.

‡Multiple publications for this study.

NOS, Newcastle-Ottawa Scale score; NR, not reported.