Table 1 Demographic and clinical data for patient and control groups.

From: Behavioral and neural correlates of self-referential processing deficits in bipolar disorder

 

Group; mean ± SD or no. (%)*

Comparison; P value

characteristic

Patients (n = 23)

Controls (n = 27)

Patients v.controls

Age (years)

34.3 ± 12.0

32.3 ± 8.64

0.497

Education time (years)

12.6 ± 3.22

13.9 ± 2.50

0.110

Gender (female)

11(48)

14(52)

0.777

Handeness (right)

23(100)

27(100)

 

Age at onset (years)

23.8 ± 8.30

  

Days of hospital stay

14(17)

  

Duration of illness (years)

10.5 ± 9.05

  

Current symptomatoloty

   

CGI-S

5.13 ± 1.25

  

Depression (HAMD)

6.2 ± 8.61

  

Mania (YMRS)

18.2 ± 10.53

  

Medication

   

valproate

15(65)

  

antidepressants

5(22)

  

antipsychotics

22(96)

  

lithium

3(13)

  
 

Psychotic bipolar patients (n = 9)

Non-psychotic bipolar patients (n = 14)

Psychotic patients vs. non-psychotic patients

Age (years)

37.7 ± 11.0

32.1 ± 12.5

0.285

Gender (male/female)

3/6

9/5

0.214

Education time (years)

12.2 ± 2.9

12.9 ± 3.5

0.655

Days of hospital stay

19.6 ± 12.0

20.9 ± 22.1

0.866

Illness duration (years)

9.44 ± 4.16

4.50(16.75)

0.776

CGI-S

5.11 ± 1.05

5.14 ± 1.41

0.954

HAMD

3.93 ± 3.55

2.50(16)

0.949

YMRS

20.96 ± 9.35

16.37 ± 11.18

0.319

Medication dosage

   

valproate

500(500)

500(500)

0.572

antipsychotics

250(175)

423.89 ± 293.65

0.227

  1. *Unless indicated otherwise.
  2. Median (interquartile range) and significance was determined with the nonparametric Mann–Whitney U test.