Table 2 Comparisons of demographic and clinical characteristics between smoking and non-smoking groups by diagnoses.

From: Prevalence of smoking in patients with bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder and schizophrenia and their relationships with quality of life

 

Schizophrenia (n = 449)

Bipolar disorder (n = 464)

Major depressive disorders (n = 189)

Non-Smoking (n = 366)

Smoking (n = 83)

Non-Smoking (n = 383)

Smoking (n = 81)

Non-Smoking (n = 169)

Smoking (n = 20)

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Male gender

121

33.1

76

91.6**

87

22.7

61

75.3**

39

23.1

17

85.0**

Married/cohabitating

124

33.9

31

37.3

167

43.6

40

49.4

118

69.8

13

65.0

First episode

66

18.0

23

27.7*

97

25.3

16

19.8

59

34.9

3

15.0

Living alone

24

6.6

10

12.0

19

5.0

14

17.3*

11

6.5

1

5.0

Personal income (>3000 RMB)

48

13.1

16

19.3

86

22.5

32

39.5*

40

23.7

6

30.0

Health insurance

223

60.9

56

67.5

201

52.5

67

82.7*

109

64.5

12

60.0

Major medical conditions

62

16.9

15

18.1

56

14.6

16

19.8

50

29.6

5

25.0

Family history of psychiatric disorders

123

33.6

28

33.7

119

31.1

30

37.0

36

21.3

5

25.0

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Age (years)

34.2

13.0

36.1

11.8

32.8

13.6

37.1**

11.6

46.3

15.9

38.1*

14.7

Education (years)

12.1

3.1

11.2*

3.1

12.3

3.2

11.6

3.0

11.2

3.9

11.7

2.8

Age of onset (years)

24.1

10.0

25.6

8.6

25.6

10.9

28.8*

9.6

39.6

15.4

31.2*

14.1

Length of illness (years)

10.3

10.3

9.6

9.1

7.4

8.9

7.4

9.4

6.7

9.1

6.5

6.6

Number of admissions

2.8

2.4

3.4

3.0

2.4

2.0

2.6

2.4

1.9

1.3

1.7

0.9

SCL90 total

158.1

57.8

188.9*

200.5

155.1

84.4

173.2

62.2

168.6

68.7

185.6

67.1

SF-12 Physical

57.5

15.5

54.1

16.5

58.1

17.3

57.8

16.6

62.1

16.5

65.4

13.2

SF-12 Mental

42.9

18.4

43.6

19.4

42.3

18.9

42.8

18.9

37.7

19.8

43.4

14.0

  1. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; SCL-90 = Symptom Checklist-90; SF-12 = Medical Outcomes Study Short Form.