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Table 4 Estimated parameter coefficients and significance of 144 patients taking 207 antidepressants for 100 days a

From: Antidepressant dosage taken by patients with bipolar disorder: factors associated with irregularity

Parameter

Coefficient estimate

95% Wald confidence interval

Wald chi-square

P

Total pill burden

0.009

(0.003, 0.015)

8.004

0.005*

Total number of medications

0.020

(0.006, 0.033)

7.857

0.005*

Percent days depressed

0.002

(<0.001, 0.003)

5.865

0.015*

Percent days euthymic

−0.001

(−0.003, <0.000)

3.891

0.049*

Percent days manic

0.000

(−0.004, 0.003)

0.065

0.799

  1. aGEE model estimated ApEn (1,0.2 × SD,100) using listed parameters with an independent correlation structure for each patient. Degrees of freedom were 1 for all models.
  2. *Significant < 0.05.