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Table 2 General characteristics of participants according to suicidal ideation in female

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

Variables

Suicidal ideation (Female)

BMI 23 ~ 24.9

BMI ≥25

Total

Yes

 

Total

Yes

 

N (%)

N (%)

P-value*

N (%)

N (%)

P-value*

Weight control failure

  

0.1292

  

0.0239

 No

1013 (76.6)

168 (16.6)

 

1479 (70.4)

285 (19.3)

 

 Yes

310 (23.4)

63 (20.3)

 

622 (29.6)

147 (23.6)

 

Age

  

0.1454

  

<.0001

 40 ~ 49

523 (39.5)

76 (14.5)

 

648 (30.8)

107 (16.5)

 

 50 ~ 59

472 (35.7)

92 (19.5)

 

696 (33.1)

127 (18.2)

 

 60 ~ 69

267 (20.2)

50 (18.7)

 

530 (25.2)

32 (24.9)

 

  ≥70

61 (4.6)

13 (21.3)

 

227 (10.9)

66 (29.1)

 

Education level

  

<.0001

  

<.0001

 Less than middle school

613 (46.3)

138 (22.5)

 

1275 (60.7)

310 (24.3)

 

 High school graduate

487 (36.8)

68 (14.0)

 

613 (29.2)

90 (14.7)

 

 University graduate

223 (16.9)

25 (11.2)

 

213 (10.1)

32 (15.0)

 

Income

  

<.0001

  

<.0001

 High

393 (29.7)

52 (13.2)

 

479 (22.8)

74 (15.4)

 

 Middle

662 (50.0)

106 (16.0)

 

1112 (52.9)

221 (19.9)

 

 Low

268 (20.3)

73 (27.2)

 

510 (24.3)

137 (26.9)

 

Economic activity

  

0.4947

  

0.0074

 Employed

657 (49.7)

110 (16.7)

 

1030 (49.0)

187 (18.2)

 

 Unemployed

666 (50.3)

121 (18.2)

 

1071 (51.0)

245 (22.9)

 

Marital status

  

0.5919

  

0.6217

 Married

1310 (99.0)

228 (17.4)

 

2081 (99.0)

427 (20.5)

 

 Single

13 (1.0)

3 (23.1)

 

20 (1.0)

5 (25.0)

 

Household composition

  

0.0925

  

0.0049

 First Generation

391 (29.5)

82 (21.0)

 

750 (35.7)

169 (22.5)

 

 Two Generation

779 (58.9)

125 (16.0)

 

1045 (49.7)

186 (17.8)

 

 Three Generation

153 (11.6)

24 (16.0)

 

306 (14.6)

77 (25.2)

 

Stress awareness

  

<.0001

  

<.0001

 Low

996 (75.3)

96 (9.6)

 

1503 (71.5)

179 (11.9)

 

 High

327 (24.7)

135 (41.3)

 

598 (28.5)

253 (42.3)

 

Depression mood

  

<.0001

  

<.0001

 Absent

1091 (82.5)

108 (9.90)

 

1691 (80.5)

203 (12.0)

 

 Present

232 (17.5)

123 (53.0)

 

410 (19.5)

229 (56.0)

 

Alcohol intake

  

0.7716

  

0.1623

 No

294 (22.2)

53 (18.0)

 

468 (22.3)

107 (22.9)

 

 Yes

1029 (77.8)

178 (17.3)

 

1633 (77.7)

325 (19.9)

 

Moderate physical activity

  

0.6327

  

0.8825

 No

789 (59.6)

141 (17.9)

 

1271 (60.5)

260 (20.5)

 

 Yes

534 (40.4)

90 (16.9)

 

830 (39.5)

172 (20.7)

 

Subjective body perception

  

0.1517

  

0.3125

 Slim & Normal

467 (35.3)

91 (19.5)

 

234 (11.1)

54 (23.1)

 

 Fat

856 (64.7)

140 (16.4)

 

1867 (88.9)

378 (20.3)

 

Perceive health status

  

<.0001

  

<.0001

 Healthy

1052 (79.5)

135 (12.8)

 

1473 (70.0)

226 (15.3)

 

 Unhealthy

271 (20.5)

96 (35.4)

 

628 (30.0)

206 (32.8)

 

Menopause

  

0.0891

  

0.0008

 Not yet

588 (44.4)

91 (15.5)

 

793 (37.7)

133 (16.8)

 

 Yes

735 (55.6)

140 (19.0)

 

1308 (62.3)

299 (22.9)

 

Year

  

0.0625

  

0.0014

 2008

246 (18.6)

42 (17.1)

 

384 (18.3)

92 (24.0)

 

 2009

285 (21.5)

59 (20.7)

 

476 (22.7)

115 (24.2)

 

 2010

258 (19.5)

48 (18.6)

 

383 (18.2)

77 (20.1)

 

 2011

268 (20.3)

42 (15.7)

 

436 (20.8)

76 (17.4)

 

 2012

266 (20.1)

40 (15.0)

 

422 (20.1)

72 (17.1)

 

Total

1323 (100.0)

231 (17.5)

 

2101 (100.0)

432 (20.6)

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