Research Article
Clinical Characteristics, Metabolic Parameters, and Risk Factors for Suicide Attempts Vary with Untreated Major Depressive Disorder Duration
Table 2
Differences of clinical characteristics and metabolic parameters of MDD patients in different DUI stages (
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| | Age (years) | | | | 65.33 | <0.01 | | Gender (/%) | | | | | | | Male () | 109 (32.90) | 324 (36.20) | 155 (31.50) | 3.42△ | 0.18 | | Female () | 222 (67.10) | 571 (63.80) | 337 (68.50) | | Educational level (/%) | | | | | | | Middle school () | 53 (16.00) | 181 (20.20) | 179 (36.40) | 69.96△ | <0.01 | | High school () | 176 (53.20) | 389 (43.50) | 195 (39.60) | | College/university () | 87 (26.30) | 266 (29.70) | 96 (19.50) | | Postgraduate education () | 15 (4.50) | 59 (6.60) | 22 (4.50) | | Marital status (n/%) | | | | | | | Single () | 144 (43.500) | 279 (31.20) | 79 (16.10) | 75.53△ | <0.01 | | Married () | 187 (56.50) | 616 (68.80) | 413 (83.90) | | Psychotic symptom (n/%) | | | | | | | Yes () | 28 (8.50) | 89 (9.90) | 54 (11.00) | 1.40△ | 0.50 | | No () | 303 (91.50) | 806 (90.10) | 438 (89.00) | | HAMD | | | | 9.05 | <0.01 | | HAMA | | | | 2.65 | 0.07 | | BMI (kg/m2) | | | | 2.73 | 0.07 | | BP (mmHg) | | | | | | | Systolic blood pressure | | | | 53.51 | <0.01 | | Diastolic blood pressure | | | | 12.87 | <0.01 | | BG (mmol/L) | | | | 4.88 | <0.01 | | TC (mmol/L) | | | | 13.36 | <0.01 | | TG (mmol/L) | | | | 0.63 | 0.53 | | LDL-C (mmol/L) | | | | 7.89 | <0.01 | | HDL-C (mmol/L) | | | | 4.85 | 0.01 | | Suicide attempts () | | | | | | | With () | 50 (15.10) | 178 (19.90) | 118 (24.00) | 9.77△ | 0.01 | | Without () | 281 (84.90) | 717 (80.10) | 374 (76.00) | | Metabolic disorders | | | | | | | With () | 265 (80.10) | 754 (84.20) | 422 (85.80) | 4.96△ | 0.08 | | Without () | 66 (19.90) | 141 (15.80) | 70 (14.20) |
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△The value. Abbreviations: DUI: duration of untreated illness; HAMD: 17-item Hamilton depression scale; HAMA: 14-item Hamilton anxiety scale; BMI: body mass index; BP: blood pressure; BG: blood glucose; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. |
