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. 2011 Nov 2;37(4):919–928. doi: 10.1038/npp.2011.272

Table 1. Demographic, Clinical, and Behavioral Characteristics.

  Controls (n=75)
Bipolar high-risk subjects (n=81)
Between-group comparison
  RISK− (n=45) RISK+ (n=30) Within-group comparison RISK− (n=46) RISK+ (n=35) Within-group comparison  
Demographics
 
Mean/n (SD)
Mean/n (SD)
T/χ2
p
Mean/n (SD)
Mean/n (SD)
T/χ2
p
T/χ2
p
Age (years) 20.99 (2.35) 20.53 (2.50) 0.81 0.42 21.00 (2.52) 21.75 (3.08) 1.21 0.23 1.23 0.22
Gender (male:female) 20 : 25 13 : 17 0.01 0.92 21 : 25 19 : 16 0.59 0.44 0.45 0.50
Handedness (right:other) 41 : 1 27 : 3 2.16 0.14 42 : 4 31 : 4 1.33 0.51 1.62 0.45
Verbal IQ (NART) 110.49 (5.91) 109.67 (9.41) 0.46 0.64 109.24 (7.25) 111.60 (6.17) 1.55 0.13 0.09 0.93
                     
Clinical characteristics
 
Median (IQR)
Median (IQR)
U
p
Median (IQR)
Median (IQR)
U
p
U
P
YMRS sum score 0 (0) 0 (0) 0.12 0.90 0 (0) 0 (0) 0.19 0.19 1.67 0.10
HAM-D sum score 0 (1) 0 (1) 1.33 0.18 0 (2) 1 (2) 1.54 0.12 3.72 <0.01
                     
Temperament characteristics (TEMPS-A)
 
Median (IQR)
Median (IQR)
U
p
Median (IQR)
Median (IQR)
U
p
U
p
Cyclothymia 1.00 (2.75) 1.00 (2.75) 0.02 0.99 2.00 (4.00) 2.00 (3.00) 0.01 0.99 2.91 <0.01
Depressive 0.00 (2.00) 0.00 (1.00) 0.16 0.87 0.00 (2.00) 0.00 (1.00) 0.20 0.85 0.95 0.34
Irritability 1.00(2.00) 1.00 (2.00) 0.39 0.69 1.00 (1.00) 1.00 (2.00) 1.54 0.12 1.70 0.09
Hyperthymia 2.00 (2.00) 1.50 (4.00) 0.48 0.64 2.00 (2.00) 1.00 (3.50) 0.72 0.47 0.55 0.58
Anxious 0.50 (1.00) 0.50 (2.00) 0.09 0.93 0.00 (1.00) 1.00 (2.00) 0.99 0.32 0.17 0.86
                     
Behavioral characteristics (Hayling sentence completion test)
 
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)
T
p
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)
T
p
T
p
Reaction time (s) 2466 (584) 2440 (543) 0.71 0.81 2505 (679) 2471 (543) 0.25 0.81 0.33 0.74
Word Appro-priateness 3.01 (0.51) 3.02 (0.64) 0.17 0.96 2.86 (0.561) 2.91 (0.56) 0.40 0.69 1.25 0.22

Abbreviations: HAM-D, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; IQR, interquartile range; NART, National Adult Reading Test; RISK−, non-risk haplotype carriers; RISK+, risk haplotype homozygotes; TEMPS-A, Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego Autoquestionnaire; YMRS, Young Mania Rating Scale.