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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2012 Feb 24;46(4):340–351. doi: 10.1177/0004867412440191

Table 1.

Demographic data for patient groups, displayed as means/standard deviations, or numbers of subgroups.

Controls (n = 24) Bipolar (n = 27) Variable p
Age at scan (years) 38.67 ± 11.07 38.38 ± 10.87 t = 0.091 0.93
Gender (M/F) 7/17 8/19 χ2 = 0.001 0.97
Current NART-IQ 115.08 ± 9.59 113.80 ± 7.13 t = 0.53 0.60
Education level (years) 14.58 ± 2.10 14.64 ± 2.83 t = −0.080 0.94
Age at illness onset (years) 24.88 ± 8.37
Illness duration (years) 13.50 ± 10.13
Lifetime manic episodes 8.85 ± 10.17
Lifetime depressive episodes 11.12 ± 10.77
History of psychosis (Y/N) 16/11
Family history (BP/UP/BUP/N/U) 3/5/2/11/5
Medication at scan time(LI/VAL/CBZ/LIVAL/VALCBZ/MF/U) 8/7/1/4/5/1

NART: National Adult Reading Test; IQ: intelligence quotient.

For family history, BP: family history of bipolar disorder; UP: unipolar depression; BUP: both bipolar disorder and unipolar depression; N: no family history; U: unknown.

For medication at scan time, LI: lithium; VAL: valproate; CBZ: carbamazepine; LIVAL: both lithium and valproate; VALCBZ: both valproate and carbamazepine; MF: medication free; U: unknown.