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Table 2 Subject demographic and diagnostic information for subjects with schizophrenia

From: Ethnicity and suicide attempt: analysis in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia

 

All

Suicide Attempters

Non-Attempters

Schizophrenia* (N)

566

192

374

  White** (N)

401

145

256

  Age (X, SD)

39.28+/-11.45

41.34 +/- 11.06

38.23+/-11.52

  Females (N): Males (N)

179:387

72:120

107:267

  AAO (X, SD)

21.79+/-6.66

21.40 +/- 6.20

21.99+/-6.91

  DOI (X, SD)

17.46 +/-11.43

19.92 +/- 11.11

16.18+/-11.41

  Substance abuse (N)

266

99

167

  Alcohol abuse (N)

174

62

112

  Family History (N)

232

94

138

  Tobacco Use (N)

311

109

202

  Affective (N)

58

34

24

  High Hospitalizations (N)***

266

120

146

  1. Demographic and diagnostic characteristics in life time suicide attempters and non-attempters in subjects with SCZ. AAO = Age at Onset, DOI = Duration of illness. *Subjects with schizoaffective depressive type were grouped with those with schizophrenia in analyses. **White refers to White Europeans. ***Dichotomized according to the median in our sample (median = 4); 4 and above is considered high number of hospitalization.