Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Affect Disord. 2007 May 23;105(1-3):253–260. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2007.04.014

Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Features in First Episode Bipolar Patients and Healthy Comparison Subjects (Mean ± SD or N(%))

Variable Healthy Controls (N = 20) Bipolar Patients (N = 26)
Age (years) 25.3 ± 4.7 24.4 ± 5.5
Sex (Male) 15 (75) 19 (73)
Education 15.8 ± 2.1 14.0 ± 2.3*
Handedness (Right) 19 (95) 24 (92)
Estimated VIQ 120.9 ± 16.3 108.7 ± 18.2*
Age of Onset (years) -- 23.8 ± 5.0
Duration of Illness (days) -- 26.2 ±2.9
*

p<.05