Age of First Suicide Attempt in Men and Women: An Admixture Analysis
Objectives. To define different subgroups of suicide attempters according to age at onset of suicide attempts. Methods. Participants were 229 suicide attempters (147 females; 82 males) admitted to a general hospital in Madrid, Spain. We used admixture analysis to determine the best-fitting model for...
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| author | Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla Analucia A. Alegria David Delgado-Gomez Teresa Legido-Gil Jeronimo Saiz-Ruiz Maria A. Oquendo Enrique Baca-Garcia |
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| description | Objectives. To define different subgroups of suicide attempters according to age at onset of suicide attempts. Methods. Participants were 229 suicide attempters (147 females; 82 males) admitted to a general hospital in Madrid, Spain. We used admixture analysis to determine the best-fitting model for the age at onset of suicide attempts separated by sex. Results. The best fitted model for the age at onset of suicide attempts was a mixture of two gaussian distributions. Females showed an earlier age at onset of suicide attempts in both Gaussian distributions (mean ± S.D.) (26.98 ± 5.69 and 47.98 ± 14.13) than males (32.77 ± 8.11 and 61.31 ± 14.61). Early-onset female attempters were more likely to show borderline personality disorder than late-onset female attempters (OR = 11.11; 95% CI = 2.43–50.0). Conclusions. Age at onset of suicide attempts characterizes different subpopulations of suicide attempters. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f7f1db50a64d4fe8926e26170e51c2792025-02-03T06:13:28ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal1537-744X2012-01-01201210.1100/2012/825189825189Age of First Suicide Attempt in Men and Women: An Admixture AnalysisHilario Blasco-Fontecilla0Analucia A. Alegria1David Delgado-Gomez2Teresa Legido-Gil3Jeronimo Saiz-Ruiz4Maria A. Oquendo5Enrique Baca-Garcia6Department of Psychiatry, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, IIS, CIBERSAM, Autonoma University, 28040 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Psychiatry, University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, CIBERSAM, 28049 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Signal Theory and Communications, Carlos III University, 28903 Getafe, SpainDepartment of Psychiatry, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, IIS, CIBERSAM, Autonoma University, 28040 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Psychiatry, University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, CIBERSAM, 28049 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USADepartment of Psychiatry, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, IIS, CIBERSAM, Autonoma University, 28040 Madrid, SpainObjectives. To define different subgroups of suicide attempters according to age at onset of suicide attempts. Methods. Participants were 229 suicide attempters (147 females; 82 males) admitted to a general hospital in Madrid, Spain. We used admixture analysis to determine the best-fitting model for the age at onset of suicide attempts separated by sex. Results. The best fitted model for the age at onset of suicide attempts was a mixture of two gaussian distributions. Females showed an earlier age at onset of suicide attempts in both Gaussian distributions (mean ± S.D.) (26.98 ± 5.69 and 47.98 ± 14.13) than males (32.77 ± 8.11 and 61.31 ± 14.61). Early-onset female attempters were more likely to show borderline personality disorder than late-onset female attempters (OR = 11.11; 95% CI = 2.43–50.0). Conclusions. Age at onset of suicide attempts characterizes different subpopulations of suicide attempters.http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/825189 |
| spellingShingle | Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla Analucia A. Alegria David Delgado-Gomez Teresa Legido-Gil Jeronimo Saiz-Ruiz Maria A. Oquendo Enrique Baca-Garcia Age of First Suicide Attempt in Men and Women: An Admixture Analysis The Scientific World Journal |
| title | Age of First Suicide Attempt in Men and Women: An Admixture Analysis |
| title_full | Age of First Suicide Attempt in Men and Women: An Admixture Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Age of First Suicide Attempt in Men and Women: An Admixture Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Age of First Suicide Attempt in Men and Women: An Admixture Analysis |
| title_short | Age of First Suicide Attempt in Men and Women: An Admixture Analysis |
| title_sort | age of first suicide attempt in men and women an admixture analysis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/825189 |
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