Sociodemographic, clinical and treatment characteristics of current rapid-cycling bipolar disorder: a multicenter Chinese study

International Journal of Bipolar Disorders

Table 3 Multivariable modeling of factors associated with RCBD

Variables	β	SE	Wald χ2	P	OR	95%CI
Age	− 0.01	0.01	0.3508	0.5537	0.993	0.970,1.017
Gender	− 0.14	0.16	0.7495	0.3866	0.762	0.412,1.409
Time from first psychiatric consultation to diagnosis of BD (years) (reference < 1)	− 0.33	0.16	4.1534	0.0416	0.512	0.269,0.975
Lifetime hospitalization history due to BD	− 0.33	0.17	3.9254	0.0476	0.516	0.268,0.993
Lifetime suicide attempts	0.34	0.22	2.4952	0.1142	1.991	0.847,4.680
Received ECT in the last 12 months	− 0.61	0.31	3.9367	0.0472	0.293	0.087,0.985

bolded to represent p values less than 0.05.BD bipolar disorder; RCBD rapid cycling bipolar disorder; ECT electroconvulsive therapy