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. 2017 Apr 11;7(4):e1086. doi: 10.1038/tp.2017.57

Table 1. Sociodemographic, medication use and prefrontal cortical thickness measures according to the presence of A allele CACNA1C rs1006737.

  BD
rs1006737 Without A (N=67) With A (N=50) Sig. (two-tailed)
Age 32.7±8.7 31.5±10.2 P=0.1
Gender (female/male) 49/18 29/21 χ2=0.08
Dexterity (n; right/left) 58/9 42/8 χ2=0.69
Education (years) 13.3±3.5 13.1±2.6 P=0.3
Illness duration (years) 7.46±7.1 6.18±5.42 P=0.35
Lithium use (yes/no) 44/23 42/8 χ2=0.02
Anticonvulsants use (yes/no) 23/44 14/36 χ2=0.46
Antipsychotics use (yes/no) 30/37 14/36 χ2=0.06
Antidepressants use (yes/no) 10/57 4/46 χ2=0.25
Intracranial volume (mean±s.d.)a 1 319 411±279 256 1 317 830±209 098 P=0.26
Right mOFC (mean±s.d.)a 2.48±0.16 2.54±0.21 P=0.01
Right sFC (mean±s.d.)a 2.52±0.15 2.56±0.18 P<0.001
Right rACC (mean±s.d.)a 2.97±0.18 3.01±0.26 P=0.08
Right cACC (mean±s.d.)a 2.63±0.24 2.70±0.29 P=0.86
Left mOFC (mean±s.d.)a 2.41±0.16 2.51±0.16 P=0.005
Left sFC (mean±s.d.)a 2.51±0.15 2.56±0.20 P<0.001
Left rACC (mean±s.d.)a 2.98±0.19 2.98±0.22 P=0.009
Left cACC (mean±s.d.)a 2.65±0.25 2.66±0.29 P=0.11

Abbreviations: BD, bipolar disorder; cACC, caudal anterior cingulate cortex; mOFC, medial orbitofrontal cortex; rACC, rostral anterior cingulate cortex; sFC, superior frontal cortex.

a

Mean and s.d. without adjust for age and gender.