Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the female participants
| Â | Female participants aged 13 to 25 | Â | Female participants aged 26 to 45 | Â | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | BD (n = 49) | HC (n = 60) | T/χ 2 | p | BD (n = 43) | HC (n = 60) | T/χ 2 | p |
Age (years) | 19.90(3.32) | 20.27(3.51) | −0.56 | 0.58 | 32.51(5.31) | 33.75(6.87) | −.99 | 0.33 |
Race | Â | Â | 2.24 | 0.14 | Â | Â | 0.77 | 0.38 |
 Han | 34(69.39) | 49(81.67) |  |  | 38(88.37) | 56(93.33) |  |  |
 Minority | 15(30.61) | 11(18.33) |  |  | 5(11.63) | 4(6.67) |  |  |
Education (years) | 12.37(2.74) | 13.59(2.67) | 0.56 | 0.58 | 14.10(3.23) | 14.97(3.32) | 1.29 | 0.20 |
HAMD | 11.06(9.18) | 1.44(1.62) | 7.09 | .000 | 12.57(11.69) | 0.96(1.68) | 6.39 | .000 |
YMRS | 7.48(10.34) | 0.21(0.89) | 4.86 | .000 | 12.57(11.69) | 0.31(0.96) | 3.93 | .000 |
HAMA | 8.51(8.98) | 0.91(1.56) | 5.61 | .000 | 9.24(10.51) | 1.07(2.14) | 4.90 | .000 |
State | ||||||||
 Depressed | 23(46.94) | – | – | – | 20(46.51) | – | – | – |
 Manic | 14(28.57) | – | – | – | 5(11.63) | – | – | – |
 Stable | 12(24.49) | – | – | – | 18(41.86) | – | – | – |
First episode, yes | 31(63.27) | – | – | – | 14(32.56) | – | – | – |
Medication, yes | 32(65.30) | – | – | – | 29(67.44) | – | – | – |
Duration (month) | 22.06(23.24) | – | – | – | 70.26(78.32) | – | – | – |