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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 9.
Published in final edited form as: Bipolar Disord. 2009 Nov;11(7):766–771. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2009.00744.x

Table 1.

Patient characteristics at baseline for smokers and nonsmokersa

Nonsmokers at baseline (n = 85) Smokers at baseline (n = 31) Overall sample (n = 116)
Gender (female), % 61 58 60
Age, mean (SD)b 46.7 (13.5) 37.3 (10.8) 45.0 (13.1)
Race, %
 Non-Caucasian 5 6 5
 Caucasian 95 94 95
Clinical status, %
 Recovered/recovering 72 65 70
 Any other clinical status 28 35 30
Lifetime substance abuse disorder, %c 33 61 41
At least one lifetime anxiety disorder, % 63 83 68
Age of first episode (years), mean (SD)c 18.4 (9.4) 14.4 (4.6) 17.2 (8.5)
SBQ total suicidality score, mean (SD)b 17.1 (20.0) 28.9 (21.1) 20.4 (20.9)
BIS total, mean (SD) 65.6 (11.8) 70.5 (13.8) 66.9 (12.4)
a

N’s vary somewhat due to missing data.

b

p < 0.01.

c

p < 0.05.

SBQ = Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire; BIS = Barratt Impulsiveness Scale.