Miranda-Mendizábal, AndreaCastellvi Obiols, PereParés Badell, OleguerAlayo, ItxasoAlmenara, JoséAlonso, IciarBlasco Cubedo, Maria JesúsCebrià, Ana IsabelGabilondo Cuéllar, AndreaGili, MargalidaLagares, CarolinaPiqueras, José AntonioRodríguez Jimenez, TiscarRodríguez-Marín, JesúsRoca, MiquelSoto-Sanz, VictoriaVilagut Saiz, Gemma, 1975-Alonso Caballero, Jordi2019-05-292019-05-292019Miranda-Mendizabal A, Castellví P, Parés-Badell O, Alayo I, Almenara J, Alonso I et al. Gender differences in suicidal behavior in adolescents and young adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. Int J Public Health. 2019 Mar;64(2):265-83. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-018-1196-11661-8556http://hdl.handle.net/10230/41647OBJECTIVES: To assess the association between gender and suicide attempt/death and identify gender-specific risk/protective factors in adolescents/young adults. METHODS: Systematic review (5 databases until January 2017). Population-based longitudinal studies considering non-clinical populations, aged 12-26 years, assessing associations between gender and suicide attempts/death, or evaluating their gender risk/protective factors, were included. Random effect meta-analyses were performed. RESULTS: Sixty-seven studies were included. Females presented higher risk of suicide attempt (OR 1.96, 95% CI 1.54-2.50), and males for suicide death (HR 2.50, 95% CI 1.8-3.6). Common risk factors of suicidal behaviors for both genders are previous mental or substance abuse disorder and exposure to interpersonal violence. Female-specific risk factors for suicide attempts are eating disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, being victim of dating violence, depressive symptoms, interpersonal problems and previous abortion. Male-specific risk factors for suicide attempt are disruptive behavior/conduct problems, hopelessness, parental separation/divorce, friend's suicidal behavior, and access to means. Male-specific risk factors for suicide death are drug abuse, externalizing disorders, and access to means. For females, no risk factors for suicide death were studied. CONCLUSIONS: More evidence about female-specific risk/protective factors of suicide death, for adolescent/young adults, is needed.application/pdfengCopyright © The Author(s) 2019. Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.Suïcidiadoldescentsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-018-1196-1AdolescentsGenderRisk factorsSuicideSuicide attemptYoung adultsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess