Table 1 Baseline demographics and characteristics
Variable | Total sample N = 761 | OM N = 186 | LM N = 152 | AM N = 216 | OLC N = 47 | OAC N = 68 | OMS N = 44 | OC N = 48 |
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Continuous variables | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | mean (SD) |
Age [years] | 48.0 (12.7) | 47.8 (13.4) | 50.5 (13.5) | 46.4 (12.2) | 48.9 (11.1) | 48.0 (13.0) | 44.8 (12.3) | 49.7 (9.1) |
BMI [kg/m2] | 26.9 (4.7) | 26.4 (4.2) | 26.6 (4.2) | 27.4 (5.5) | 27.5 (4.1) | 26.9 (4.9) | 25.8 (3.7) | 27.4 (4.9) |
Age at first symptoms [years] | 31.3 (11.5) | 31.5 (11.2) | 32.9 (12.7) | 30.4 (11.4) | 32.4 (10.1) | 31.3 (10.5) | 28.4 (11.6) | 31.5 (11.4) |
BP-episodes since start of disease [mean (SD) median] | 15.5 (97.6) 6* | 8.3 (16.8) 5 | 8.6 (9.3) 6 | 10.2 (11.7) 7 | 10.4 (10.4) 6 | 8.2 (7.4) 6 | 8.9 (6.7) 7.5 | 111.1 (378.7) 10* |
No. of manic episodes within last 12 months | 1.1 (1.2) | 1.1 (1.0) | 0.9 (1.2) | 0.9 (1.1) | 1.0 (1.2) | 1.2 (1.1) | 1.7 (1.5) | 1.5 (1.6) |
No. of depressive episodes within last 12 months | 1.7 (1.3) | 1.7 (1.3) | 1.5 (1.3) | 1.7 (1.3) | 1.6 (1.4) | 1.6 (1.4) | 1.9 (1.3) | 2.4 (1.6) |
No. of mixed episodes within last 12 months | 0.8 (1.3) | 0.7 (1.2) | 0.5 (0.9) | 0.7 (1.2) | 0.8 (1.4) | 0.8 (1.1) | 1.1 (1.6) | 1.7 (2.0) |
Time on mood stabilizing therapy [years] | 3.9 (4.5) | 2.1 (1.4) | 6.7 (6.1) | 2.9 (2.4) | 6.1 (6.3) | 2.7 (1.8) | 2.5 (2.9) | 7.2 (7.8) |
Binary variables | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
Sex, male | 327 (43.0) | 86 (46.2) | 73 (48.0) | 75 (34.7) | 29 (61.7) | 31 (45.6) | 16 (36.4) | 17 (35.4) |
Paid employment | 264 (34.7) | 61 (33.2) | 49 (32.9) | 84 (39.6) | 18 (38.3) | 24 (36.9) | 14 (32.6) | 14 (29.2) |
Stable social environment | 678 (89.1) | 165 (89.7) | 141 (94.0) | 193 (91.0) | 45 (95.7) | 55 (84.6) | 39 (90.7) | 40 (83.3) |
Rapid cycling | 76 (10.0) | 15 (8.9) | 17 (11.7) | 20 (9.5) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (9.8) | 4 (9.3) | 14 (33.3) |
Hospitalized due to psychiatric disease (last 12 months) | 277 (36.4) | 71 (38.2) | 46 (30.3) | 75 (34.7) | 20 (42.6) | 25 (36.8) | 20 (45.5) | 20 (41.7) |
Further psychiatric diseases | 220 (28.9) | 55 (30.4) | 37 (26.2) | 66 (31.1) | 10 (21.7) | 12 (17.7) | 22 (51.2) | 18 (39.1) |
Alcohol consumption | 267 (35.1) | 53 (28.5) | 67 (44.1) | 71 (32.9) | 18 (38.3) | 20 (29.4) | 18 (40.9) | 20 (41.7) |
Alcohol abuse or addiction | 31 (4.07) | 8 (1.05) | 6 (0.79) | 6 (0.79) | 3 (0.39) | 2 (0.26) | 1 (0.13) | 5 (0.66) |
Illicit drug use | 20 (2.6) | 2 (1.1) | 6 (3.9) | 8 (3.7) | 2 (4.3) | 0 (0) | 2 (4.5) | 0 (0) |
History of suicide attempts | 193 (25.4) | 40 (21.5) | 46 (30.3) | 46 (21.3) | 8 (17.0) | 22 (32.4) | 13 (29.5) | 18 (37.5) |