Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study participants.

From: Association between sarcopenia and suicidal ideation in a nationwide population-based study

 

Total

Male

Female

Non-suicidal ideation (n = 14713)

Suicidal ideation (n = 2902)

P-value

Non-suicidal ideation (n = 6791)

Suicidal ideation (n = 834)

P-value

Non-suicidal ideation (n = 7922)

Suicidal ideation (n = 2068)

P-value

Age (years)

47 (36–61)

53 (38–67)

< 0.001

47 (3661)

53 (39–67)

< 0.001

47 (36–60)

53 (38–67)

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

23.4 (21.3–25.7)

23.4 (21.1–25.6)

0.158

23.9 (21.9–25.9)

23.5 (21.3–25.4)

< 0.001

23.0 (20.8–25.3)

23.3 (21.0–25.8)

0.002

Smoking (yes)

6275 (48.0%)

1076 (42.4%)

< 0.001

5487 (80.1%)

706 (85.2%)

0.005

788 (11.6%)

370 (20.9%)

< 0.001

Alcohol consumption (yes)

12,772 (89.8%)

2387 (86.3%)

< 0.001

6436 (95.7%)

782 (94.8%)

0.304

6336 (83.2%)

1605 (81.9%)

0.019

Exercise (yes)

12,970 (89.1%)

2437 (86.4%)

< 0.001

6082 (90.3%)

728 (88.4%)

0.195

6888 (87.7%)

1709 (85.4%)

< 0.001

Household income

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Low

3405 (24.3%)

925 (33.7%)

 

1546 (24.1%)

299 (35.1%)

 

1859 (24.5%)

626 (31.4%)

 

 Middle-low

3722 (25.2%)

770 (25.8%)

 

1752 (25.8%)

204 (23.9%)

 

1970 (24.5%)

566 (26.7%)

 

 Middle-high

3738 (25.2%)

705 (23.8%)

 

1725 (24.7%)

191 (23.2%)

 

2013 (25.8%)

514 (24.2%)

 

 High

3848 (25.3%)

502 (17.7%)

 

1768 (25.4%)

140 (17.8%)

 

2080 (25.2%)

362 (17.7%)

 

Education level

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 ≤Elementary school

3362 (16.3%)

1210 (31.4%)

 

1096 (11.0%)

271 (22.9%)

 

2266 (22.3%)

939 (35.7%)

 

 Middle school

1664 (10.2%)

326 (11.1%)

 

823 (10.0%)

118 (12.0%)

 

841 (10.3%)

208 (10.6%)

 

 High school

5249 (40.2%)

835 (35.4%)

 

2511 (41.8%)

260 (39.2%)

 

2738 (38.4%)

575 (33.5%)

 

 ≥College

4438 (33.3%)

531 (22.1%)

 

2361 (37.2%)

185 (25.9%)

 

2077 (28.9%)

346 (20.2%)

 

Marital status

  

0.646

  

0.905

  

0.351

 Single

2107 (21.5%)

406 (20.9%)

 

1124 (25.1%)

142 (25.4%)

 

983 (17.4%)

264 (18.7%)

 

 Married

12,606 (78.5%)

2496 (78.5%)

 

5667 (74.9%)

692 (74.6%)

 

6939 (82.6%)

1804 (81.3%)

 

Hypertension (%)

2907 (15.4%)

726 (20.6%)

< 0.001

1394 (15.4%)

202 (19.0%)

0.037

1513 (15.4%)

524 (21.4%)

< 0.001

DM (%)

1031 (5.5%)

297 (8.4%)

< 0.001

544 (5.9%)

96 (8.4%)

0.002

487 (5.0%)

201 (8.4%)

< 0.001

Depression (%)

1157 (7.6%)

1369 (47.2%)

< 0.001

364 (5.1%)

339 (41.9%)

< 0.001

793 (10.4%)

1030 (49.8%)

< 0.001

Stress

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 High (%)

434 (3.0%)

414 (14.6%)

 

202 (3.0%)

109 (14.4%)

 

232 (3.0%)

305 (14.7%)

 

 Moderate (%)

2872 (20.9%)

1263 (45.6%)

 

1258 (20.2%)

333 (43.2%)

 

1614 (21.7%)

930 (46.8%)

 

 Low (%)

8894 (61.9%)

1031 (34.3%)

 

4097 (62.4%)

331 (37.7%)

 

4797 (61.3%)

700 (32.6%)

 

 Near none (%)

2513 (14.2%)

194 (5.5%)

 

1234 (14.3%)

61 (4.7%)

 

1279 (14.0%)

133 (5.9%)

 

Low muscle mass (%)

1399 (7.8%)

394 (10.8%)

< 0.001

702 (7.9%)

127 (9.8%)

0.078

697 (7.7%)

267 (11.4%)

< 0.001

  1. BMI body mass index, DM diabetes mellitus.
  2. Categorical variables are presented as numbers with weighted percentages, and continuous variables are presented as medians with IQR.