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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of female participants, and the association between these characteristics and suicide attempt (n = 3726)

From: Risk factors of suicide attempt among people with suicidal ideation in South Korea: a cross-sectional study

 

Suicide attempt

P a

No (n = 3538)

Yes (n = 188)

Age (years)

54.4 ± 17.6

51.2 ± 17.7

0.016*

Height (cm)

155.0 ± 7.0

155.5 ± 7.2

0.377

Weight (kg)

57.0 ± 9.9

58.1 ± 11.4

0.178

Marital status (n, %)

  

0.130

 Married

2222 (62.8)

106 (56.4)

 

 Single

357 (10.1)

26 (13.8)

 

 Divorced/separated/widowed

959 (27.1)

56 (29.8)

 

Household income (n, %)

  

0.007*

 Low

1167 (33.0)

75 (39.9)

 

 Moderate–low

949 (26.8)

50 (26.6)

 

 Moderate–high

792 (22.4)

47 (25.0)

 

 High

630 (17.8)

16 (8.5)

 

Rural area (n, %)

998 (28.2)

49 (26.1)

0.524

Employment status (n, %)

1514 (42.8)

68 (36.2)

0.073

Education (n, %)

  

0.129

 Above college

580 (16.4)

19 (10.1)

 

 High school

889 (25.1)

52 (27.7)

 

 Middle school

344 (9.7)

22 (11.7)

 

 Below elementary school

1725 (48.8)

95 (50.5)

 

National basic livelihood security (n, %)

  

<0.001*

 Never

3127 (88.4)

144 (76.6)

 

 Ex-former

144 (4.1)

13 (6.9)

 

 Current

267 (7.5)

31 (16.5)

 

Obesity (n, %)

  

0.777

 Normal

2157 (61.0)

116 (61.7)

 

 Underweight

214 (6.0)

9 (4.8)

 

 Overweight

1167 (33.0)

63 (33.5)

 

Hypertension (n, %)

  

0.232

 Normal

1549 (43.8)

90 (47.9)

 

 Prehypertension

660 (18.7)

39 (20.7)

 

 Hypertension

1329 (37.6)

59 (31.4)

 

Diabetes (n, %)

  

0.935

 Normal

2563 (72.4)

134 (71.3)

 

 Prediabetes

531 (15.0)

29 (15.4)

 

 Diabetes

444 (12.5)

25 (13.3)

 

Dyslipidemia (n, %)

1524 (43.1)

80 (42.6)

0.888

Metabolic syndrome (n, %)

1073 (30.3)

52 (27.7)

0.437

Cancer b (n, %)

164 (4.6)

7 (3.7)

0.720

Daily activity limitation (n, %)

1085 (30.7)

84 (44.7)

<0.001*

Menopause (n, %)

  

0.067

 Ongoing

1412 (39.9)

87 (46.3)

 

 Post

1890 (53.4)

95 (50.5)

 

 Artificial

236 (6.7)

6 (3.2)

 

Depressive disorder (n, %)

2276 (64.3)

167 (88.8)

<0.001*

Stress (n, %)

  

<0.001*

 Minimally stressful

274 (7.8)

5 (2.7)

 

 Moderately

1258 (35.6)

34 (18.1)

 

 Stressful

1508 (42.7)

90 (47.9)

 

 Extremely stressful

494 (14.0)

59 (31.4)

 

Drinking (n, %)

  

<0.001*

 Never

1536 (43.4)

71 (37.8)

 

 Normal drinking

1836 (51.9)

93 (49.5)

 

 Risky drinking

166 (4.7)

24 (12.8)

 

Smoking (n, %)

  

<0.001*

 Never

2964 (83.8)

127 (67.6)

 

 Ex-former

126 (3.6)

8 (4.3)

 

 Current

448 (12.7)

53 (28.2)

 

Regular exercise (n, %)

  

<0.001*

 Hardly ever

2715 (76.7)

130 (69.1)

 

 Regular moderate

693 (19.6)

38 (20.2)

 

 Strenuous

130 (3.7)

20 (10.6)

 
  1. *p < 0.05
  2. aP-values of continuous and binary variables were calculated using the independent samples t-test and chi-square test, respectively
  3. bSubjects with one or more cancers of the stomach, liver, lung, colon, cervix, or breast