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. 2012 Sep 3;11:23. doi: 10.1186/1744-859X-11-23

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical differences in 150 bipolar heroin addicts according to their present episode polarity

Demographics
(1) Depressive Episode N = 103
(2) Hypomanic Episode N = 22
(3) Manic Episode N = 5
(4) Mixed Episode N = 20
Phi
p
  N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)    
Age (M ± sd)
28.81 ± 6.4
28.77 ± 4.7
26.80 ± 5.6
28.45 ± 5.1
0.69
0.55
Gender (males)
63 (61.2)
13 (59.1)
3 (60.0)
12 (60.0)
0.03
0.99
Low Education Level (≤8 yrs)
71 (68.9)
16 (72.7)
4 (80.0)
13 (65.0)
0.57
0.90
Marital status (single)
62 (60.2)
11 (50.0)
3 (60.0)
9 (45.0)
2.05
0.56
Unemployed
48 (46.6)
11 (50.0)
3 (60.0)
8 (40.0)
6.20
0.71
Financial need
20 (19.6)
4 (18.2)
0 (0.0)
7 (35.0)
3.93
0.26
DAH-Q factors
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Somatic comorbidity
87 (84.5)
17 (77.3)
4 (80.0)
19 (95.0)
2.65
0.44
2. Altered mental status
103 (100)
22 (100)
5 (100)
20 (100)
-
-
3. Work, major problems
73 (70.9)
13 (59.1)
3 (60.0)
11 (55.0)
2.71
0.43
4. Family, major problems
69 (67.0)
10 (45.5)
2 (40.0)
11 (55.0)
5.02
0.16
5. Romantic involvement, major problems
37 (35.9)
8 (36.4)
1 (20.0)
7 (35.0)
0.54
0.90
6. Social leisure, major problems
60 (58.3)
11 (50.0)
2 (40.0)
8 (40.0)
2.86
0.41
7. Legal problems
53 (51.5)
10 (45.5)
2 (40.0)
7 (35.0)
2.03
0.56
8. Poly-abusers
56 (54.4)
12 (54.5)
4 (80.0)
14 (70.0)
2.80
0.42
9. Past opioid agonist treatment failure(s)
86 (83.5)a
19 (86.9)a
4 (80.0)a
11 (55.0)b
9.15
0.02
10. Associated treatment needed 103 (100) 22 (100) 5 (100) 20 (100) - -

Each (a,b) letter indicates a subset of categories “present episode polarity” which portions of the column are not very different at level .05.