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Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of subject

From: Characteristics of adolescents who visit the emergency department following suicide attempts: comparison study between adolescents and adults

Variable (missing values)

Adolescents

(N = 149)

Adults

(N = 1427)

Ă—2

p-value

N

%

N

%

  

Gender

 Male

35

23.5

608

42.6

20.41

< 0.001

 Female

114

76.5

819

57.4

 Religion (102)

53

38.4

529

39.6

0.07

0.78

 Somatic illness (193)

13

9.6

325

26.1

18.08

< 0.001

Family income (10,000 \) (341)

 0–100

43

36.1

397

35.6

5.51

0.138

 101–200

27

22.7

341

30.6

 201–300

23

19.3

211

18.9

 301-

26

21.8

193

15.0

 History of suicide attempts (63)

61

41.5

401

29.4

9.22

0.00

 History of psychiatric treatment (159)

53

38.1

508

39.7

0.13

0.71

 Family history of suicide (123)

13

9.0

100

7.6

0.34

0.55

 Familial psychiatric illness history (112)

14

9.7

159

12.0

0.67

0.41

Psychiatric diagnosis (449)

 Anxiety disorder

0

0.0

4

0.3

 

1.00

 Somatoform disorder

0

0.0

8

0.6

0.84

0.36

 Depressive disorder

54

36.2

456

32.0

1.13

0.28

 Bipolar disorder

0

0.0

19

1.3

2.00

0.15

 Schizophrenia

4

2.7

33

2.3

0.08

0.77

 Substance use disorder

2

1.3

164

11.5

14.75

< 0.001

 Organic mental disorder

0

0.0

1

0.1

 

1.00

 Adjustment disorder

39

26.2

229

16.0

9.80

0.00

 Personality disorder

5

3.4

36

2.5

0.36

0.54