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Table 1 General characteristics of participants according to suicidal ideation in male

From: Association between weight control failure and suicidal ideation in overweight and obese adults: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Suicidal ideation (Male)

BMI 23 ~ 24.9

BMI ≥25

Total

Yes

 

Total

Yes

 

N (%)

N (%)

P-value*

N (%)

N (%)

P-value*

Weight control failure

  

0.7918

  

0.6632

 No

1014 (90.9)

101 (10.0)

 

1741 (83.7)

161 (9.3)

 

 Yes

102 (9.1)

11 (10.8)

 

340 (16.3)

34 (10.0)

 

Age

  

0.7125

  

0.0053

 40 ~ 49

335 (30.0)

29 (8.6)

 

760 (36.5)

56 (7.4)

 

 50 ~ 59

365 (32.7)

40 (10.9)

 

612 (29.4)

59 (9.6)

 

 60 ~ 69

276 (24.7)

27 (9.8)

 

478 (23.0)

45 (9.4)

 

  ≥70

140 (12.6)

16 (11.4)

 

231 (11.1)

35 (15.1)

 

Education level

  

0.0523

  

<.0001

 Less than middle school

346 (31.0)

46 (13.3)

 

659 (31.7)

91 (13.8)

 

 High school graduate

368 (33.0)

32 (8.7)

 

697 (33.5)

62 (8.9)

 

 University graduate

402 (36.0)

34 (8.5)

 

725 (34.8)

42 (5.8)

 

Income

  

0.0021

  

<.0001

 High

370 (33.2)

23 (6.2)

 

643 (30.9)

40 (6.2)

 

 Middle

535 (47.9)

57 (10.6)

 

1030 (49.5)

89 (8.6)

 

 Low

211 (18.9)

32 (15.2)

 

408 (19.6)

66 (16.2)

 

Economic activity

  

0.0035

  

0.0012

 Employed

843 (75.5)

72 (8.5)

 

1658 (79.7)

138 (8.3)

 

 Unemployed

273 (24.5)

40 (14.6)

 

423 (20.3)

57 (13.5)

 

Marital status

  

0.9428

  

0.0297

 Married

1097 (98.3)

110 (10.0)

 

2039 (98.0)

187 (9.2)

 

 Single

19 (1.7)

2 (10.5)

 

42 (2.0)

8 (19.0)

 

Household composition

  

0.0936

  

0.1951

 First Generation

354 (31.7)

34 (9.6)

 

635 (30.5)

67 (10.5)

 

 Two Generation

624 (55.9)

57 (9.1)

 

1203 (57.8)

112 (9.31)

 

 Three Generation

138 (12.4)

21 (15.2)

 

243 (11.7)

16 (6.6)

 

Stress awareness

  

<.0001

  

<.0001

 Low

885 (79.3)

51 (5.8)

 

1610 (77.4)

92 (5.7)

 

 High

231 (20.7)

61 (26.4)

 

471 (22.6)

103 (21.9)

 

Depression mood

  

<.0001

  

<.0001

 Absent

1015 (91.0)

60 (5.9)

 

1895 (91.1)

105 (5.5)

 

 Present

101 (9.0)

52 (51.5)

 

186 (8.9)

90 (48.4)

 

Alcohol intake

  

0.4252

  

0.2811

 No

152 (13.6)

18 (11.8)

 

259 (12.5)

29 (11.2)

 

 Yes

964 (86.4)

94 (9.7)

 

1822 (87.5)

166 (9.1)

 

Moderate physical activity

  

0.3373

  

0.1114

 No

586 (52.5)

54 (9.2)

 

1061 (51.0)

110 (10.4)

 

 Yes

530 (47.5)

58 (10.9)

 

1020 (49.0)

85 (8.3)

 

Subjective body perception

  

0.6795

  

0.2492

 Slim & Normal

737 (66.0)

72 (9.8)

 

425 (20.4)

46 (10.8)

 

 Fat

379 (34.0)

40 (10.5)

 

1656 (79.6)

149 (9.0)

 

Perceive health status

  

<.0001

  

<.0001

 Healthy

951 (85.2)

80 (8.4)

 

1750 (84.1)

118 (6.7)

 

 Unhealthy

165 (14.8)

32 (19.4)

 

331 (15.9)

77 (23.3)

 

Year

  

0.0942

  

0.1057

 2008

187 (16.8)

19 (10.2)

 

364 (17.5)

42 (11.5)

 

 2009

254 (22.8)

35 (13.8)

 

483 (23.2)

32 (6.6)

 

 2010

203 (18.2)

14 (6.9)

 

414 (19.9)

38 (9.2)

 

 2011

236 (21.1)

26 (11.0)

 

438 (21.0)

48 (11.0)

 

 2012

236 (21.1)

18 (7.6)

 

382 (18.4)

35 (9.2)

 

Total

1116 (100.0)

112 (10.0)

 

2081 (100.0)

195 (9.4)

 
  1. Notes: * P-values calculated by the chi-square test