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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Psychiatry. 2014 Sep 1;171(9):990–999. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.13121577

TABLE 4.

Family (First- and Second-degree), Maternal, and Paternal Lifetime Psychiatric History of Youths With Bipolar Disordera

Class 1: Predominantly Euthymic (N=88)
Class 2: Moderately Euthymic (N=127)
Class 3: Ill With Improving Course (N=70)
Class 4: Predominantly Ill (N=82)
Variable N % N % N % N % p
Lifetime family history
Lifetime bipolar disorder 32 36.42,4 80 63.01 36 51.4 59 72.01 <0.001
Lifetime depression or dysthymia 49 55.72,4 93 72.21 48 68.6 62 75.61 0.02
Lifetime anxiety disorder 46 52.32,4 91 71.71 48 68.6 64 78.11 0.002
Lifetime non-mood psychosis 1 1.1 1 0.8 0 0.0 1 1.2 1
ADHD 20 22.72,3,4 54 42.51,4 41 58.61 52 63.41,2 <0.001
Conduct disorder 16 18.24 43 33.94 25 35.7 44 53.71,2 <0.001
Substance use disorders 47 53.44 87 68.54 50 71.4 72 87.81,2 <0.001
Suicide attempt 25 28.42,3,4 56 44.11 31 44.31 41 50.01 0.02
Mother’s lifetime history
Lifetime bipolar disorder 12 14.34 25 19.7 13 19.7 26 32.11 0.04
Lifetime depression or dysthymia 35 47.62,4 75 70.91 40 68.2 55 76.51 <0.001
Lifetime anxiety disorder 24 28.64 48 37.8 23 34.9 40 49.41 0.05
Lifetime non-mood psychosis 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
ADHD 2 2.44 12 9.5 9 13.6 16 19.81 0.004
Conduct disorder 0 0.0 5 3.9 4 6.1 5 6.2 0.08
Substance use disorders 8 9.54 24 18.9 13 19.7 22 27.21 0.04
Suicide attempt 8 9.5 15 11.8 10 15.2 17 21.0 0.2
Father’s lifetime history
Lifetime bipolar disorder 10 12.24 21 16.7 14 21.2 24 30.01 0.03
Lifetime depression or dysthymia 10 35.4 30 54.0 11 42.4 18 41.3 0.05
Lifetime anxiety disorder 4 4.94 19 15.1 12 18.2 24 30.01 <0.001
Lifetime non-mood psychosis 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1.3 0.4
ADHD 6 7.34 17 13.5 9 13.6 22 27.51 0.003
Conduct disorder 4 4.94 14 11.14 11 16.7 21 26.31,2 <0.001
Substance use disorders 18 22.03,4 39 31.04 28 42.41 48 60.01,2 <0.001
Suicide attempt 8 9.8 12 9.5 3 4.6 12 15.0 0.2
a

Superscripts denote significant between-class differences, with p values ≤0.05 after Bonferroni correction. ADHD=attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.