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Table 3 Survival data for the bipolar disorder patients in the euthymic state

From: Olanzapine is superior to lamotrigine in the prevention of bipolar depression: a naturalistic observational study

 

Olanzapine (n = 20)

Lamotrigine (n = 26)

p value

Time to recurrence

   

Mood episode

   

Survival, median (95% CI),

NE

44a (14.2, 73.8)

0.195

No. of events

7

15

Mania

   

Survival, median (95% CI),

NE

NE

 

No. of events

3

0

Depression

   

Survival, median (95% CI),

NE

44a (14.2, 73.8)

0.033*

No. of events

4

15

  1. Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, NE not evaluable since the treatment groups did not fall below 50% survival.
  2. *p < .05; aMedian estimated time to recurrence (weeks).
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BMC Psychiatry

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