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Table 1 General characteristics of the study population

From: Is low total cholesterol levels associated with suicide attempt in depressive patients?

Characteristics

Non-suicidal MDD patients( N  = 110)

MDD suicide attempters (N = 52)

Normal controls (N = 151)

p

Gender (men/women)

35/75

19/33

50/101

0.837

Age (years)

44.33 ± 10.50

29.84 ± 8.78

38.92 ± 13.28

0.000

BMI

26.24 ± 2.57

25.65 ± 3.61

25.58 ± 4.10

0.440

Addiction

 Cigarette smoking

  Smokers

20 (19.19%)

14 (38.9%)

24 (15.9%)

0.034

  Non-smokers

90 (81.81%)

36 (61.1%)

127 (84.1%)

 

 Alcoholic beverages

  Consumers

12 (10.9%)

11 (21.6%)

16 (10.5%)

0.079

  Non-consumers

98 (89.1%)

40 (78.4%)

135 (89.5%)

 

Diagnosis (DSM-IV)

 Major depressive disorder, single episode

31(28.2%)

30 (57.7%)

–

–

 Major depressive disorder, recurrent

97 (71.8%)

22 (42.3%)

–

–

Treatment

 ISRS

47 (42.7%)

18 (34.6%)

–

–

 Tricyclics

42 (38.2%)

12 (23.1%)

–

 

 Mood stabilizers

31 (28.2%)

15 (28.9%)

–

 

 Antipsychotics

17 (15.5%)

5 (9.6%)

–

 

 Benzodiazepine

19 (17.3%)

8 (15.4%)

  
  1. Plasma levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL-c, and LDL-c are presented in Fig. 1