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Table 1 Demographics/description of sample

From: Impulsivity, anxiety, and alcohol misuse in bipolar disorder comorbid with eating disorders

 

Non-ED (n = 291)

ED (n = 63)

p value

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 

Age at interview

41.02 (13.20)

36.60 (11.80)

.02

BD age at onset

18.41 (7.90)

15.08 (6.70)

2 × 10−3

BMI

28.95 (6.30)

29.78 (8.20)

.37

Personality

   

 Neuroticism

61.97 (14.07)

67.40 (12.77)

0.1

 Extraversion

49.62 (11.81)

50.76 (11.88)

.49

 Openness

56.84 (11.71)

61.06 (11.78)

.04

 Agreeableness

49.15 (12.59)

43.83 (15.33)

4 × 10−3

 Conscientiousness

42.81 (13.20)

39.95 (14.13)

.13

 N5 impulsiveness

57.12 (10.71)

63.97 (11.06)

<1 × 10−3

 BIS total (n = 143/31)

66.00 (13.05)

70.81 (14.00)

.07

 CTQ Total (n = 222/50)

48.19 (17.60)

57.18 (20.54)

2 × 10−3

Outcome measures (n = 228/49)

   

 Depression severity

14.2 (7.2)

18.6 (5.9)

<1 × 10−3

 Depression frequency

.59 (.37)

.78 (.26)

<1 × 10−3

 Depression variability

3.9 (2.4)

4.9 (2.4)

.01

 Mania severity

7.7 (4.3)

8.5 (4.6)

.22

 Mania frequency

.25 (.28)

.23 (.24)

.53

 Mania variability

2.4 (1.4)

2.9 (1.8)

.03

 Mixed symptoms frequency

.43 (.50)

.51 (.51)

.31