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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Psychiatry. 2012 Feb 21;73(6):829–836. doi: 10.4088/JCP.11m06912

Table 3.

Lifetime and recent stressors associated with the risk for transition from major depressive disorder to bipolar disorder among participants with lifetime MDD in the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (n=6,214).

Model 1: Childhood adversities
Model 2: Childhood adversities and past-year stressors
OR CI OR CI
Demographic factors
Age
    18-29 5.32* 2.59, 10.91 4.59* 2.14, 9.81
    30-39 4.50* 2.15, 9.44 4.21* 1.98, 8.94
    40-49 2.54* 1.21, 5.31 2.40* 1.14, 5.07
    50-59 2.59* 1.16, 5.77 2.49* 1.11, 5.60
    ≥60 1 1
Sex
    Male 1.18 0.82, 1.69 1.24 0.87, 1.77
    Female 1 1
Race/ethnicity
    White 1 1
    Black 1.56 0.96, 2.54 1.44 0.88, 2.36
    Hispanic 0.87 0.51, 1.47 0.82 0.48, 1.39
    Other 0.68 0.28, 1.62 0.65 0.27, 1.56
Education
    Less than high school 1.71* 1.03, 2.84 1.45 0.90, 2.32
    High school or GED 1.06 0.70, 1.59 1.02 0.68, 1.54
    Some college or greater 1 1
Childhood adversities
Child abuse 1.27* 1.13, 1.42 1.26* 1.12, 1.42
Sexual maltreatment 1.05* 1.00, 1.11 1.05* 1.00, 1.11
Economic deprivation 1.02 0.70, 1.49 0.98 0.67, 1.43
Past-year stressors
Social support group problems 1.79* 1.19, 2.68
Social environmental problems 1.10 0.75, 1.60
Occupational problems 1.18 0.80, 1.72
Economic problems 1.45* 1.03, 2.06
*

P<0.05