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International Journal of Bipolar Disorders

Table 3 Clinical variables of the bipolar patient groups

From: Euthymic patients with predominantly manic polarity avoid happy faces in a dot probe task

 

BP-acute-D

(N = 20)

BP-euth-D

(N = 19)

BP-euth-M

(N = 13)

χ2

p

Post-hoc χ2 tests with Bonferroni-correction

Bipolar Typea

   

5.87

.053

–

 Type I

8 (44%)

9 (47%)

11 (85%)

   

 Type II

10 (56%)

10 (53%)

2 (15%)

   

Age of onset of diseaseb

28.2 (12.5)

27.8 (11.0)

29.1 (10.8)

.16

.926

–

Number of inpatient staysc

4.6 (6.2)

3.1 (2.3)

3.5 (2.9)

.99

.611

–

Medicationd

      

Antidepressants

19 (95%)

12 (63%)

6 (46%)

10.1

.006**

BP-acute-D > BP-euth-M (χ2 = 10.236, p = .009)

Lithium

11 (55%)

12 (63%)

9 (69%)

.71

.702

–

Valproate

5 (25%)

4 (21%)

3 (23%)

.20

1

–

Pregabalin

2 (10%)

1 (5%)

1 (8%)

.57

1

–

Lamotrigine

3 (15%)

1 (5%)

1 (8%)

1.10

.837

–

Antipsychotics

18 (90%)

7 (37%)

10 (77%)

13.2

.001**

BP-acute-D > BP-euth-D (χ2 = 11.965, p = .003)

Benzodiazepines

2 (10%)

3 (16%)

-

.29

.661

 
  1. BP-acute-D patients in an acute depressive phase, BP-euth-D euthymic patients with a predominant depressive polarity, BP-euth-M euthymic patients with a predominant manic polarity
  2. aNumber and percentage of patients (for two patients of the BP-acute-D group the information about the bipolar type was not available)
  3. bMean age and SD (for one patient of the BP-acute-D group the information about the age of onset of disease was not available)
  4. cN and SD
  5. dNumber and percentage of patients
  6. **p<0.01
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