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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 30.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2008 Sep 7;161(1):51–58. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.09.003

Table 4.

Logistic Regression Predicting Weekly Loss of Control over Eating (LOC) During the Past 6 Months in Patients with Bipolar Disorder*

Factor Β SE (β) Wald P
Sex 1.36 0.812 2.87 0.090
BMI 6.16 2.98 4.27 0.039
Diagnosis of Bipolar I Disorder 0.120 0.717 0.028 0.867
Current Atypical Depressive Symptoms† 1.77 0.653 7.36 0.007
Exposure to High Risk Medication −0.454 0.638 0.507 0.476
Lifetime Anxiety Disorder Co-Morbidity −0.106 0.747 0.020 0.887
Lifetime Substance Use Disorder Co-Morbidity 1.39 0.706 3.88 0.049

BMI = Body mass index.

*

Overall Χ2 (df = 7, N = 81) = 20.83, P = 0.004.

†

The most frequently endorsed atypical depressive symptom in the Weekly LOC group was fatigue (83.3%; n = 15) followed by hyperphagia and psychomotor retardation (both 38.9%; n = 7), and hypersomnia (22.2%; n = 4).