Table 1 Demographic data and baseline information.

From: Dysregulation of oxytocin and dopamine in the corticostriatal circuitry in bipolar II disorder

 

BD II patients (n = 25)

Controls (n = 29)

p value

Age, years

36.08 ± 11.64

32.83 ± 10.96

0.400

Gender, female (%)

17 (68%)

17 (59%)

0.576

Body mass indexa

27.52 ± 5.72

25.78 ± 5.85

0.281

Education, yearsb

14.20 ± 3.14

15.36 ± 2.02

0.273

HDRS scorec

5.29 ± 5.24

2.92 ± 1.41

0.300

YMRS scored

1.30 ± 2.03

0.00 ± 0.00

<0.001*

Oxytocin (pg/mL)e

167.27 ± 130.21

248.45 ± 52.99

0.012*

DAT availabilityf

1.47 ± 0.22

1.43 ± 0.26

0.591

  1. The data are presented as the means ± SD.
  2. *p < 0.05.
  3. aOne bipolar disorder (BD) II patient did not have body weight and body height measurements and was excluded from this calculation.
  4. bFour controls did not answer the years of education question and were excluded from this calculation.
  5. cOne BD II patient and 4 controls did not complete the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) and were excluded from this calculation.
  6. dTwo BD II patient did not complete the 11-item Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) and were excluded from this calculation.
  7. eFour BD II patients and eight controls did not undergo plasma oxytocin level measurement and were excluded from this calculation.
  8. fTwo BD II patients did not undergo TRODAT and were excluded from this dopamine transporter (DAT) availability calculation.
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