Table 1 Demographics, illness characteristics, current mood symptoms, and current medications in bipolar II disorder versus bipolar I disorder outpatients
| Â | Recovered bipolar II | Recovered bipolar I | Depressed bipolar II | Depressed bipolar I |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | 39.0* (41) | 61.0 (64) | 61.4** (94) | 38.6 (59) |
Demographics | ||||
A. Age (years, mean ± SD) | 36.5 ± 13.8 | 35.8 ± 13.7 | 36.5 ± 13.5 | 35.9 ± 13.5 |
B. Female (%) | 69.0 | 48.4 | 63.8 | 57.6 |
C. Caucasian (%) | 75.0 | 77.4 | 87.2 | 86.4 |
D. College degree (%) | 66.7 | 60.3 | 51.1 | 40.7 |
E. Married (current, %) | 34.1 | 38.1 | 41.5 | 30.5 |
F. Full-time employment (current, %) | 35.0 | 33.3 | 25.8 | 25.4 |
Comorbid disorders (lifetime, %) | ||||
1. Anxiety | 61.0* | 37.5 | 81.9 | 69.5 |
2. Alcohol/substance use | 51.2 | 50.0 | 58.5 | 57.6 |
3. Eating | 14.6 | 6.3 | 18.1 | 6.8 |
4. Personality | 7.3 | 9.4 | 19.1* | 6.8 |
Other illness characteristics | ||||
5. Bipolar II disorder (%) | 100.0**** | 0.0 | 100.0**** | 0.0 |
5A. Psychosis (lifetime, %) | 12.2 | 68.8**** | 18.1 | 64.4**** |
5B. Psychiatric Hospitalization (lifetime, %) | 9.8 | 70.3**** | 6.4 | 57.6**** |
6. ≥One 1° relative with mood disorder (%) | 53.7 | 42.2 | 61.7 | 55.9 |
7. Onset age (years, mean ± SD) | 18.4 ± 9.0 | 20.1 ± 8.8 | 16.2 ± 8.7 | 18.5 ± 5.8 |
8. Childhood (age <13Â years) Onset (%) | 20.0 | 9.4 | 31.9*** | 8.5 |
9. Illness duration (years, mean ± SD) | 18.9 ± 15.4 | 16.4 ± 12.6 | 19.6 ± 13.5 | 17.3 ± 12.5 |
10. Long illness duration (≥15 years, %) | 50.0 | 46.6 | 54.8 | 50.8 |
11. Episode accumulation (≥10, lifetime, %) | 63.9 | 42.9 | 81.6** | 56.4 |
12. Suicide attempt (lifetime, %) | 30.8 | 23.8 | 31.2 | 39.0 |
13. Rapid cycling (prior year, %) | 15.4 | 6.7 | 34.4 | 20.7 |
14. CGI-BP-OS (current, mean ± SD) | 2.4 ± 0.7** | 2.0 ± 0.8 | 5.4 ± 0.8 | 5.93 ± 0.7 |
Current mood symptoms (any in prior 10Â days, %) | ||||
15. Sadness | 31.7* | 10.9 | 91.5 | 86.4 |
16. Anhedonia | 22.4* | 7.8 | 95.7 | 93.2 |
17. Euphoria | 17.1 | 10.9 | 35.1* | 16.9 |
18. Irritability | 53.7** | 25.0 | 77.7** | 54.2 |
19. Anxiety | 46.3 | 29.7 | 85.1 | 74.6 |
Medication (current) | ||||
20. Mood stabilizer (MS, %) | 75.6 | 77.8 | 51.1** | 75.9 |
21. Antipsychotic (AP, %) | 31.7 | 40.6 | 20.2**** | 55.9 |
22. Antidepressant (AD, %) | 46.3* | 25.0 | 48.9 | 37.3 |
23. Anxiolytic/hypnotic (AN, %) | 24.4 | 23.4 | 31.9 | 40.7 |
24. Complex pharmacotherapy (>4 MS, AP, or AD, %) | 24.4 | 15.6 | 24.5 | 35.6 |
25. Number of psychotropics (MS, AP, AD, mean ± SD) | 2.6 ± 1.6 | 2.3 ± 1.3 | 2.2 ± 1.8* | 2.8 ± 1.7 |