Table 1 Sample characteristics for eligible publications (listed by year of publication)
Publication | Country | Sample size (n) | Gender (% males)b | Age groups (age range in years and number of participants per group)a | Setting | BD subtypes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Child | Adolescent | Adult | ||||||
Ballenger et al. (1982) | USA | 21 | NK | <21 (n = 9) | >30 (n = 12) | Inpatient | BD-I (mania) | |
McElroy et al. (1997) | USA | 128 | 43% | 12–18 (n = 40) | 19–45 (n = 88) | Inpatient | BD-I (mania) | |
Findling et al. (2001) | USA | 90 | 71% | 5–11 (n = 56) | 12–17 (n = 34) | Outpatient | BD-I | |
Jerrell and Shugart (2004) | USA | 267 | 52% | 7–17 (n = 83) | 18–59 (n = 184) | Inpatient and outpatient | BD-I | |
Lazaro et al. (2007) | Spain | 43 | 40% | < 13 (n = 14) | ≥13 (n = 29) | Outpatient | BD-I, BD-II and BD-NOS | |
Birmaher et al. (2009)c | USA | 263 | 53% | 4–11 (n = 173) | <12 (n = 90) | Inpatient and outpatient | BD-I, BD-II and BD-NOS | |
Song et al. (2010) | Korea | 53 | 59% | NK (n = 16) | NK (n = 37) | Inpatient | BD-I, BD-II and BD-NOS | |
Chan et al. (2011) | UK | 35 | 51% | 7–12 (n = 9) | 13–18 (n = 26) | Outpatient | BD-I, BD-II and BD-NOS | |
Safer et al. (2012) | USA | 1106 | NK | 10–17 (n = 457) | 18–65 (n = 649) | Inpatient and outpatient | BD-I (mania) | |