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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 4.

Clinical and psychosocial predictors of the transition to bipolar disorder among participants with past-year MDD, and with lifetime treated MDD, in the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.

Analysis sample: Past-Year Cases of Depression at Wave 1 (n=2,585)
Analysis sample: Lifetime Cases of Depression who Sought Treatment (n=3,798)
Model 1: Clinical characteristics of depression and lifetime psychiatric disorders
Model 2: Childhood adversities and past-year stressors
Model 3: Clinical characteristics of depression and lifetime psychiatric disorders
Model 4: Childhood adversities and past-year stressors
OR CI OR CI OR CI OR CI
Demographic factors
Age
    18-29 3.14* 1.16, 8.52 2.84* 1.03, 7.78 5.56* 2.11, 14.62 4.75* 1.78, 12.70
    30-39 4.19* 1.51, 11.61 4.00* 1.44, 11.12 4.51* 1.74, 11.69 4.41* 1.67, 11.61
    40-49 1.50 0.54, 4.21 1.54 0.55, 4.33 1.89 0.72, 4.94 2.06 0.78, 5.46
    50-59 2.41 0.84, 6.94 2.05 0.72, 5.86 2.95* 1.04, 8.39 2.86* 1.02, 8.03
    ≥60 1 1 1 1
Sex
    Male 0.78 0.45, 1.36 0.94 0.55, 1.61 0.98 0.61, 1.57 1.23 0.76, 2.00
    Female 1 1 1 1
Race/ethnicity
    White 1 1 1 1
    Black 1.55 0.81, 2.95 1.41 0.74, 2.69 1.39 0.67, 2.87 1.16 0.57, 2.35
    Hispanic 0.83 0.40, 1.71 0.63 0.30, 1.33 1.00 0.51, 1.95 0.96 0.51, 1.83
    Other 0.49 0.15, 1.63 0.40 0.11, 1.38 1.27 0.54, 2.98 1.06 0.45, 2.49
Education
    Less than high school 1.98* 1.06, 3.68 1.40 0.73, 2.68 1.49 0.79, 2.83 1.14 0.58, 2.24
    High school or GED 1.51 0.85, 2.67 1.30 0.73, 2.33 1.11 0.64, 1.93 1.02 0.61, 1.73
    Some college or greater 1 1 1 1
Clinical characteristics of depression
Depression onset ≤12 years 1.85 0.95, 3.60 1.33 0.71, 2.49
First depression onset in the past year 0.57 0.32, 1.03 0.81 0.40, 1.62
Presence of atypical features 1.36 0.87, 2.14 0.94 0.65, 1.37
Number of lifetime depressive episodes 1.00 0.98, 1.01 1.00 0.99, 1.01
High family history loading of depression 0.93 0.55, 1.57 0.91 0.59, 1.39
Lifetime psychiatric disorders
Panic disorder 1.04 0.60, 1.78 1.62* 1.04, 2.52
Social phobia 2.08* 1.19, 3.65 2.12* 1.31, 3.44
Generalized anxiety disorder 1.35 0.76, 2.41 1.60* 1.00, 2.57
Alcohol dependence 0.73 0.40, 1.31 1.22 0.73, 2.02
Nicotine dependence 0.91 0.53, 1.58 1.15 0.72, 1.82
Cannabis abuse or dependence 2.12* 1.10, 4.08 1.44 0.85, 2.43
Other substance dependence 1.08 0.42, 2.80 0.75 0.33, 1.70
Childhood adversities
Child abuse 1.32* 1.13, 1.54 1.26* 1.06, 1.49
Sexual maltreatment 1.03 0.96, 1.11 1.05 0.98, 1.12
Economic deprivation 0.91 0.54, 1.51 1.00 0.63, 1.57
Past-year stressors
Social support group problems 1.55 0.92, 2.60 1.76* 1.10, 2.83
Social environmental problems 1.26 0.77, 2.06 1.11 0.71, 1.74
Occupational problems 1.15 0.71, 1.86 1.20 0.76, 1.91
Economic problems 1.62* 1.02, 2.58 1.46 0.96, 2.21
*

P<0.05