Table 3.

Bivariate associations between predictors and outcomes^a

	48-month GAFb	Percent time illc	No. depressive episodesc	No. manic episodesc	No. psychotic episodesc	Percent time in treatmentd	No. rehospitalizationsd
Continuous predictors, r
Age at baseline	0.02	−0.05	−0.06	−0.14	−0.21e	−0.13	−0.21e
Age of onset of mood disorder	0.05	−0.06	−0.06	−0.14	−0.13	−0.10	−0.19e
GAF best in preceding 12 monthss	0.21e	−0.11	0.07	0.22e	0.09	0.02	0.07
SANS	−0.18	0.08	0.10	−0.04	0.14	0.28f	−0.04
SAPS disorganization	−0.13	0.09	−0.11	−0.02	−0.01	−0.07	−0.12
SAPS Schneiderian	−0.28g	0.21e	0.02	0.16	0.20e	0.04	0.14
SAPS hallucinations	−0.06	0.08	0.04	0.24f	0.17	0.06	0.22e
SAPS paranoid	−0.11	−0.01	0.07	0.16	0.23f	0.17	0.05
SAPS manic delusions	−0.17	0.10	−0.02	0.06	0.17	−0.04	0.11
BPRS excitement	0.01	0.04	−0.20e	−0.05	−0.07	−0.28f	−0.09
HAM-D	−0.10	0.21e	0.28f	0.11	0.13	0.15	0.06
Length of follow up, weeks	0.19	−0.12	−0.04	0.15	0.13	−0.02	0.06
Dichotomous predictors, Cohen’s d
Gender: male	−0.21	−0.04	−0.34	−0.18	−0.02	−0.18	0.06
SES head of house: blue collar	−0.45	0.11	0.11	−0.09	0.04	−0.09	0.26
Childhood psychopathology: present	−0.68f	0.53e	0.22	−0.15	−0.02	0.08	0.27
Family history of mania	0.16	−0.06	0.58e	0.16	−0.08	0.14	0.10
Family history of depression	0.22	−0.05	0.54f	0.03	0.21	0.09	0.01
Mood incongruent psychosis	−0.21	0.34	0.10	0.02	0.16	0.09	0.18
Discharged on AP	−0.16	−0.22	0.41	0.15	0.31	0.48e	0.02
Discharged on AD	−0.16	0.64e	1.05e	0.07	0.24	0.97f	0.01
Discharged on MS	0.20	0.14	0.05	−0.13	0.07	0.29	−0.26
Discharged on AP and MS	0.11	0.17	0.40e	0.07	0.19	0.54f	−0.09

GAF = Global Assessment of Functioning; SANS = Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms; SAPS = Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms; BPRS = Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale; HAM-D = Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; SES = socioeconomic status; AP = antipsychotic; AD = antidepressant; MS = mood stabilizer.

^aFor continuous variables the measure of association is Pearson’s r; for dichotomous variables it is Cohen’s d.

^bn = 115.

^cn = 123.

^dn = 126.

^ep < 0.05.

^fp < 0.01.

^gp < 0.001.