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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 9.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Psychiatry. 2009 Dec 15;167(3):289–297. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09020299

TABLE 2.

Demographic Characteristics of Bipolar Disorder Patients Participating in STEP-BD Who Experienced a New-Onset Depressive Episode, by Drug Use Disorder History

Variable Drug Use Disorder History
Analysis
Never (N=1,528) Past (N=468) Current (N=158) All (N=2,154) χ2 p
Total N N % Total N N % Total N N % Total N N %
Gender 1,528 468 158 2,154 13.10 0.001
 Male 595 38.9 201 42.9 84 53.2 880 40.9
 Female 933 61.1 267 57.1 74 46.8 1,274 59.1
Bipolar type 1,528 468 158 2,154 7.14 0.028
 Bipolar I disorder 1,036 67.8 331 70.7 122 77.2 1,489 69.1
 Bipolar II disorder 492 32.2 137 29.3 36 22.8 665 30.9
Race 1,528 468 158 2,154 10.16 0.006
 White 1,378 90.2 445 95.1 143 90.5 1,966 91.3
 Non-white 150 9.8 23 4.9 15 9.5 188 8.7
Married 1,434 459 157 2,050 12.94 0.002
 Yes 569 39.7 164 35.7 41 26.1 774 37.8
 No 865 60.3 295 64.3 116 73.9 1,276 62.2
Employed 1,434 459 157 2,050 0.15 0.930
 Yes 624 43.5 204 44.4 68 43.3 896 43.7
 No 810 56.5 255 55.6 89 56.7 1,154 56.3
Current anxiety 1,528 468 158 2,154 51.56 <0.001
 Yes 550 36.0 235 50.2 91 57.6 876 40.7
 No 978 64.0 233 49.8 67 42.4 1,278 59.3
Rapid cycling in past year 1,528 468 158 2,154 7.71 0.021
 Yes 723 47.3 252 53.8 83 52.5 1,058 49.1
 No 805 52.7 216 46.2 75 47.5 1,096 50.9
History of suicide attempt 1,473 459 156 2,088 24.82 <0.001
 Yes 546 37.1 223 48.6 76 48.7 845 40.5
 No 927 62.9 236 51.4 80 51.3 1,243 59.5
Total N Mean SD Total N Mean SD Total N Mean SD Total N Mean SD F p
Age 1,528 41.08 12.77 468 39.42 10.49 158 34.37 10.73 2,154 40.23 12.30 23.34 <0.0001
Age at onset 1,488 17.72 9.05 465 14.48 6.54 156 14.81 7.23 2,109 16.79 8.55 30.83 <0.0001
Age at onset of mania 1,445 22.56 10.52 444 18.32 7.97 152 18.65 8.12 2,041 21.34 10.03 37.78 <0.0001
Age at onset of depression 1,415 18.55 9.61 442 15.56 7.29 150 15.55 7.43 2,007 17.67 9.10 23.21 <0.0001
Depressed days/year 1,492 51.01 28.58 461 52.92 28.68 150 51.20 26.11 2,103 51.44 28.42 0.79 0.452
Anxious days/year 1,468 39.37 34.10 459 42.43 34.17 149 44.93 34.27 2,076 40.44 34.16 3.33 0.036
Irritable days/year 1,475 34.62 31.04 458 38.09 30.89 150 41.10 32.49 2,083 35.85 31.16 4.80 0.008
Elevated days/year 1,474 18.00 19.97 458 22.46 21.12 150 24.48 21.39 2,082 19.45 20.45 14.14 <0.0001