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Table 1 Demographic and clinical correlates of eating disorder in bipolar disorder patients

From: Lifetime eating disorder comorbidity associated with delayed depressive recovery in bipolar disorder

 

Depressed eating disorder

Depressed no eating disorder

All eating disorder

All no eating disorder

All patients

N (%)

29 (19.0****)

124 (81.0)

76 (15.1)

427 (84.9)

503 (100.0)

Demographics

 A. Age (years, mean ± SD)

34.1 ± 9.4

36.8 ± 14.2

34.2 ± 9.8

35.8 ± 13.6

35.6 ± 13.1

 B. Female (%)

89.7%**

54.8

86.8%****

53.2

58.3

 C. Caucasian (%)

86.2

87.1

85.5

78.5

79.5

 D. College degree (%)

41.4

48.4

61.8

53.9

55.0

 E. Married (current, %)

48.3

34.7

42.1

37.3

38.0

 F. Full-Time Employment (current, %)

27.6

25.2

30.3

31.4

31.2

Comorbid disorders (lifetime, %)

 1. Anxiety

82.8

75.8

78.9**

62.3

64.8

 2. Alcohol/substance use

72.4

54.8

72.4**

52.5

55.5

 3. Personality

20.7

12.9

21.1**

9.8

11.5

Other illness characteristics

 4. Bipolar II disorder (%)

58.7

62.1

55.3

51.1

51.7

 4A. Psychosis (lifetime, %)

44.8

33.9

39.5

38.2

38.4

 4B. Psychiatric Hospitalization (lifetime, %)

24.1

26.6

31.6

39.1

38.0

 5. ≥One 1st degree relative with mood disorder (%)

65.5

58.1

65.8

56.0

57.5

 6. Onset age (years, mean ± SD)

13.6 ± 3.9****

17.9 ± 8.2

14.3 ± 5.1****

18.6 ± 8.8

17.9 ± 8.4

 7. Childhood (age < 13 years) onset (%)

34.5

21.0

35.5**

18.7

21.3

 8. Illness duration (years, mean ± SD)

19.8 ± 10.2

18.6 ± 13.8

18.9 ± 11.2

17.1 ± 13.5

17.3 ± 13.2

 9. Long (≥15 years) illness duration (%)

65.5

50.8

57.6

48.2

49.7

 10. Episode accumulation (≥10, lifetime, %)

82.1

69.3

77.9*

63.6

65.8

 11. Suicide attempt (lifetime, %)

58.6**

28.5

47.4**

27.8

30.8

 12. Rapid cycling (prior year, %)

51.7**

23.8

32.0

22.4

23.9

 13. CGI-BP-OS (current, mean ± SD)

5.5 ± 0.7

5.3 ± 0.7

4.3 ± 1.4**

3.8 ± 1.5

3.9 ± 1.5

 14. Body mass index (current, kg/m2, mean ± SD)

27.3 ± 9.5

27.3 ± 6.1

26.4 ± 7.7

26.9 ± 6.1

26.8 ± 6.4

 15. S/SS depression (current, %)

100.0

100.0

57.3*

43.9

45.9

 16. S/SS Elevation (current, %)

0.0

0.0

10.5

11.7

11.5

 17. Sadness (current, %)

93.1

88.7

64.5*

51.7

53.6

 18. Anhedonia (current, %)

93.1

95.2

65.8

53.7

55.5

 19. Euphoria (current, %)

24.1

29.0

35.5

34.1

34.3

 20. Irritability (current, %)

79.3

66.1

69.7

58.9

60.6

 21. Anxiety (current, %)

86.2

79.8

77.6**

61.1

63.7

 22. Antidepressant Use (current, %)

41.4

45.2

51.3*

36.8

39.0

 23. Mood stabilizer use (current, %)

65.5

57.9

63.2

64.6

63.6

 24. Antipsychotic use (current,  %)

48.3

31.5

40.8

37.8

38.6

  1. Italics indicates statistically significant associations with lifetime eating disorder
  2. CGI-BP-OS clinical global impression for bipolar disorder-overall severity, S/SS subsyndromal/syndromal, SD standard deviation
  3. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001 vs. no lifetime eating disorder; Missing data: ≥10 prior episodes 7.8%, BMI 7.6%, all other parameters 0.0–1.8%