Table 2. Comparisons in baseline and 10-year prognosis between acute onset and nonacute onset in each categorical group.
| Clinical variables | Severe cases at admission (SC) | Non-severe cases at admission (NonSC) | Statistic values | ||
| Acute onset | Nonacute onset | Acute onset | Nonacute onset | ||
| (N = 29) | (N = 84) | (N = 12) | (N = 31) | ||
| Baseline | |||||
| age at onset | 33.1y (10.8) | 34.6 y (12.3) | 35.9 y (11.4) | 32.3 y (12.6) | N.P. □ |
| GAF | 16.2 (8.2) | 16.7 (9.0) | 30.6 (6.1) | 30.7 (8.5) | P<0.000$ |
| SC-Ac/SC-Nonac<NonSC-Ac/NonSC-Nonac | |||||
| DUP mean | 0.39 m (0.41) | 29.6 m (48.1) | 3.9 m (10.2) | 32.6 m (57.5) | P<0.000$ |
| SC-Ac/NonSC-Ac<SC-Nonac/NonSC-Nonac | |||||
| DUP median | 0.25 m | 8 m | 0.5 m | 15 m | |
| 10-year follow-up | |||||
| duration of follow-up | 553.5 d (164.7) | 563.9 d (108.6) | 609.6 d (79.3) | 572.8 d (125.9) | N.P. □ |
| duration of total admission | 106.3 d (102.8) | 129.5 d (89.3) | 9.2 d (19.5) | 95.6 d (183.1) | P<0.05$ |
| NonSC-Ac<NonSC-Nonac<SC-Ac/SC-Nonac | |||||
| BPRS total | 9.9 (8.4) | 14.2 (11.3) | 12.0 (11.2) | 16.3 (11.5) | N.P. □ |
| BPRS positive | 3.2 (3.8) | 4.2 (4.3) | 3.3 (4.9) | 5.2 (4.5) | N.P. □ |
| BPRS negative | 1.9 (2.3) | 4.0 (4.2) | 3.4 (4.4) | 4.1 (3.4) | N.P. $ |
| death cases [suicide] | 5 [3] | 7 [6] | 0 [0] | 0 [0] | |
| GAF | 58.4 (19.1) | 51.9 (17.6) | 58.2 (21.8) | 47.6 (15.0) | N.P. □ |
| Remission rate | 51.7% | 35.7% | 41.7% | 32.3% | N.P.# |
#: Chi-square test, □: ANCOVA, $: ANOVA abbreviations: y = years; m = months; d = days; number in parentheses indicates standard deviation.