Age of First Suicide Attempt in Men and Women: An Admixture Analysis

Table 3

Clinical and Suicide attempt correlates of individuals with first SA by sex and age group.

	Women					Men
Clinical and suicide correlates	Early onset (AAO 18–37)	Late onset (AAO ≥ 38)				Early onset (AAO 18–52)	Late onset (AAO ≥ 53)
	%	%	OR	95% CI		%	%	OR	95% CI
High impulsiveness	72.5	53.6	.44	.22	.88	65.6	55.6	.65	.23	1.89
High aggressiveness	53.8	33.9	.44	.22	.88	60.9	27.8	.25	.08	.78
No familial support	14.4	11.3	1.32	.47	3.72	29.5	22.2	1.46	.42	5.06
Agent used
Ingestion/Laceration/Stabbing	97	93	1	1	1	82.8	83.3	1	1	1
Drowning/hanging/suffocation	1	0	NA	NA	NA	5.2	16.7	3.67	.67	20.05
Jumping/shooting	1	2	1.69	.10	27.63	3.5	.0	NA	NA	NA
Lesions/toxicity
Mild*	83.3	73.4	1	1	1	77.9	64.5	1	1	1
Moderate	11.9	20.3	1.50	.55	4.10	16.3	25.8	1.94	.56	6.74
High	4.8	6.3	2.50	.53	11.73	5.8	9.7	8.54	.71	102.92
Reversibility
Good*	95.2	92.2	1	1	1	94.3	87.1	1	1	1
Regular	4.0	7.8	1.29	.28	6.00	4.6	6.5	.87	.09	8.39
Bad	.8	.0	NA	NA	NA	1.1	3.2	1.06	.86	1.14
Odds of being discovered
Low	7.1	10.9	2.41	.60	9.68	14.0	12.9	2.47	.34	17.83
Moderate	33.3	37.5	1.31	.63	2.73	47.7	58.1	4.33	1.10	17.02
High*	57.9	51.6	1	1	1	38.4	29.0	1	1	1
Interrupted attempt	55.1	45.1	.67	.37	1.34	47.5	52.5	1.42	.48	4.16
Intends repetition	15.0	18.2	1.26	.47	3.36	16.1	29.4	2.17	.61	7.70
	Mean	Mean	T-test	P value		Mean	Mean	T-test	P value
SIS total score	13.63	28.08	−2.652	.009		19.70	22.06	−.305	.761
Active preparation score	3.68	6.42	−1.818	.071		5.90	6.17	−.091	.928
Premeditation score	9.96	21.66	−2.226	.028		13.80	15.89	−.295	.769

∗Reference group. Significant results with 𝑃-values <.05 are indicated in bold.