Table 1.

Demographic and clinical variables in 24 BDE and 19 CONT

	GROUP	N	MEAN	[SD]	Statistics	df	P value
AGE AT MRI	BDE	24	33.2	[7.7]	t= −0.4	41	0.658
	CONT	19	34.0	[4.4]
GENDER RATIO [M/F]	BDE	8/16			c2= 0.874	1	0.35
	CONT	9/10
NART	BDE	24	112.7	[9.6]	t= 0.2	41	0.84
	CONT	19	112.1	[8.5]
LEVEL OF EDUCATION	BDE	24	6.4	[1.1]	t= 0.0	41	0.991
	CONT	19	6.4	[1.3]
HDRS-25 item	BDE	24	8.2	[5.9]	t= 5.0	29#	<.001
	CONT	19	1.8	[1.9]
YMRS	BDE	24	2.3	[2.3]	t= 4.1	28#	<.001
	CONT	19	0.3	[0.7]
TRAIT ANXIETY [STAI]	BDE	17	39.9	[9.0]	t= 5.0	33#	<.001
	CONT	18	26.6	[6.6]
AGE OF ILLNESS ONSET	BDE	24	19.4	[6.2]
ILLNESS DURATION	BDE	24	13.8	[7.4]
LIFETIME NUMBER OF MOOD EPISODES	BDE	24	4.0	[1.4]
MONTHS OF REMISSION TO MRI	BDE	24	26.8	[29.9]
		OFF/ON
ANTIDEPRESSANTS	BDE		12/ 12
ANTIPSYCHOTICS	BDE		10/ 14
MOOD STABILIZERS	BDE		6/ 18
ANXIOLYTICS	BDE		21/ 3

^#missing information in 1 CONT and 7 BD euthymic.