Table 2.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the sample
| Total | Control | Euthymic | MDE | MDE+Ma | Manic | |
| N | N = 196 | N = 44 | N = 43 | N = 30 | N = 28 | N = 51 |
| Percentage | 22.4% | 21.9% | 15.3% | 14.3% | 26.1% | |
| Age | ||||||
| Mean (+/- sd) | 38.4 (+/- 12.75) | 35.4 (+/- 12.93) | 39.6 (+/- 12.90) | 38.9 (+/- 11.89) | 42.4 (+/- 10.20) | 37.3 (+/- 13.87) |
| Min-Max | 14–78 | 22–67 | 17–78 | 20–61 | 19–60 | 14–65 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Men (%) | 61 (31.1%) | 17 (38.6%) | 14 (32.6%) | 7 (23.3%) | 4 (14.3%) | 19 (37.2%) |
| Women (%) | 135 (68.9%) | 27 (61.4%) | 29 (67.4%) | 23 (76.7%) | 24 (85.7%) | 32 (62.7%) |
| Marital Status | ||||||
| Single (%) | 71 (36.2%) | 19 (43.2%) | 18 (41.9%) | 7 (23.3%) | 6 (21.4%) | 21 (41.2%) |
| Married (%) | 85 (43.4%) | 23 (52.3) | 18 (41.9%) | 12 (40%) | 15 (53.6%) | 17 (33.3%) |
| Separed/widowed (%) | 39 (19.9%) | 2 (4.5) | 7 (16.3%) | 10 (33.3%) | 7 (25%) | 13 (25.5%) |
| Bipolar type | ||||||
| Type I (%) | 92 (60.5%) | - | 24 (55.8%) | 15 (50%) | 8 (28.6%) | 45 (88.2%) |
| Type II (%) | 60 (39.5%) | - | 19 (44.2%) | 15 (50%) | 20 (71.4%) | 6 (11.8%) |
MDE: major depressive episode
MDE+Ma: major depressive episode associated with manic symptoms
Manic: manic, hypomanic and mixed patients