Table 1 Demographic and disease related traits in the sample of probands with affective psychosis according to differentiated psychopathology
Monopolar depression (n = 57) | Manic depressive illness (n = 191) | Total sample (n = 248) | ||||||||||||
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Male (n = 32) | Female (n = 25) | Male (n = 122) | Female (n = 69) | Male (n = 154) | Female (n = 94) | All cases (n = 248) | ||||||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
Age at onset (years) | 42.1 | 16.5 | 41.6 | 15.9 | 32.3 | 12.1 | 32.3 | 12.9 | 34.3 | 14.3 | 35.1 | 15.1 | 34.6 | 14.5 |
Age at first hospitalisation (years) | 47.9 | 17.9 | 45.1 | 13.3 | 36.2 | 13.6 | 38.8 | 14.7 | 38.6 | 15.3 | 40.5 | 14.5 | 39.3 | 15.0 |
Age at assessment (years) | 53.8 | 16.8 | 55.9 | 11.8 | 44.6 | 15.4 | 48.7 | 15.1 | 46.6 | 16.1 | 50.7 | 14.6 | 48.1 | 15.6 |
Period of time in hospital (sum in weeks) | 33.2 | 24.8 | 47.8 | 53.2 | 38.5 | 56.6 | 46.9 | 58.9 | 37.4 | 51.6 | 47.1 | 57.2 | 41.1 | 53.9 |
Duration of disease at assessment (years) | 12.3 | 14.2 | 14.6 | 8.4 | 12.9 | 11.2 | 16.5 | 13.4 | 12.8 | 11.9 | 15.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 12.4 |
Suicide attempts (number) | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.48 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
In-patient treatment (number) | 3.4 | 2.8 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.8 |