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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Psychiatry. 2010 Aug 16;167(10):1194–1201. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09071011

Table 5. Clinical Correlates of Depression by Mood Disorder Spectrum Subgroups.

MDD + Mania MDD + Hypomania MDD + Subth Hypomania MDD Only MDD + Hypomania vs. MDD + Subth Hypomania MDD + Subth Hypomania vs. MDD Only

% s.e. % s.e. % s.e. % s.e. OR (95% C.I.) OR (95% C.I.)
Treatment for depression
 Lifetime 86.2 3.3 77.4 4.5 64.9 2.4 64.8 1.8 1.8 (1.1-3.1)* 1.1 (0.8-1.4)
 Last 12 months 63.3 9.1 42.8 5.4 36.1 4.0 38.3 2.3 1.3 (0.8-2.3) 0.9 (0.6-1.4)
Number of episodes of depression
 ≥5 72.0 4.9 60.2 5.4 39.6 1.9 25.6 1.6 2.3 (1.5-3.7)*a 1.9 (1.5-2.4)*b
 2-5 23.3 3.9 25.1 3.5 41.3 2.2 39.3 2.0
 ≤1 4.7 2.2 14.7 3.3 19.1 1.7 35.1 1.8
Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptoms (12 month)
 Severe 72.4 10.0 73.8 7.5 54.1 3.5 51.7 2.1 2.4 (1.1-5.5)*c 1.1 (0.8-1.6)d
 Moderate 20.5 9.5 26.2 7.5 36.6 3.4 36.9 2.0
 Mild 7.1 5.1 0.0 0.0 8.6 1.8 9.3 1.5
 None 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7 2.1 0.8
Depression in family members 31.6 6.6 28.3 4.7 20.0 1.7 16.8 1.5 1.7 (1.0-2.8)* 1.1 (0.8-1.5)
a, b

Subjects with more than 5 episodes versus all others

c, d

Severe group versus all others

*

p<0.05