Table 1

Demographic and clinical variables


Bipolar patients

Control group



Mean
SD
Mean
SD

Age (p value = 0.31)
45.45
13.66
49.16
17.66
Age of onset
27.82
11.84


Chronicity
17.92
11.51


Total episodes
12.35
15.06


Manic episodes
3.43
4.61


Hypomanic episodes
3.00
9.43


Depressed episodes
5.60
6.67


Hospitalization
1.93
1.96


Suicide attempts
1.44
0.49


HDRS
5.41
7.17


YMRS
4.08
6.67


GAF
63.90
19.05




n
%
n
%

Sex (p value = 0.14)




Female
52
51.5
35
57.4
Male
49
48.5
26
42.6
Bipolar type I
89
88.3


Bipolar type II
11
10.7


Bipolar NOS
1
1



Rosa et al. Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2007 3:5   doi:10.1186/1745-0179-3-5