Table 1 Patient demographics by using or not using dietary supplements (N = 348)
From: Common use of dietary supplements for bipolar disorder: a naturalistic, self-reported study
Using (N = 101) | Not using (N = 247) | Test | Value | df | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender N (%) | Χ 2a | 1.224 | 1 | 0.269 | ||
Male | 29 (28.7) | 57 (23.1) | ||||
Female | 72 (71.3) | 190 (76.9) | ||||
Diagnosis N (%) | Χ 2 | 2.489 | 2 | 0.288 | ||
Bipolar I | 51 (51.0) | 146 (60.0) | ||||
Bipolar II | 41 (41.0) | 83 (34.2) | ||||
NOS | 8 (8.0) | 14 (5.8) | ||||
Employment N (%) | Χ 2 | 0.831 | 2 | 0.660 | ||
Working full-time | 49 (49.5) | 112 (46.5) | ||||
Disabled | 22 (22.2) | 65 (27.0) | ||||
Others | 28 (28.3) | 64 (26.5) | ||||
Education N (%) | Χ 2 | 1.643 | 2 | 0.440 | ||
High school | 7 (6.9) | 27 (11.3) | ||||
Some college | 30 (29.7) | 73 (30.4) | ||||
College graduate | 64 (63.4) | 140 (58.3) | ||||
Marital status N (%) | Χ 2 | 0.412 | 2 | 0.814 | ||
Married | 49 (50.0) | 114 (48.3) | ||||
Single | 34 (34.7) | 90 (38.1) | ||||
Divorced | 15 (15.3) | 32 (13.6) | ||||
Ethnicity N (%) | Χ 2 | 14.875 | 1 | <0.001 | ||
White | 87 (86.1) | 162 (65.6) | ||||
Non-white | 14 (13.9) | 85 (34.4) | ||||
Age mean age (SD) | 41.8 (11.1) | 38.4 (10.7) | t b | −2.627 | 180 | 0.009 |