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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2015 Jan 15;23(9):977–984. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2015.01.001

Table 1.

Medication Use by Age

Young (Age < 55)
N=59 to 60
Old (Age ≥ 55)
N=31 to 32
p *
Lithium Use (n) 40.7% (24) 22.6% (7) 0.11
Lamotrigine Use (n) 32.2% (19) 29.0% (9) 0.81
Valproic Acid Use (n) 10.2% (6) 12.9% (4) 0.73
Any Anticonvulsant Use (n) 50.0% (30) 43.7 (14) 0.66
Antidepressant Use (n) 50.0% (30) 71.9% (23) .05
Stimulant Use (n) 16.7% (10) 0% .01
Antipsychotic Use (n) 50.0% (30) 59.4% (19) 0.51
Sedative Use (n) 41.7% (25) 40.6% (13) >0.99
*

Two-sided p-value obtained from Fisher’s exact tests

137 to 139 subjects are missing data on medication use.