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Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2019 Jul 29;59(10):1146–1155. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2019.06.013

Table 3:

Relationship between Lithium vs. Other Mood Stabilizer exposure and outcome variables, adjusting for lasso-selected characteristics.

Outcome Variable	LI	OMS	OR/beta (Cl)	P
Suicidal Ideation and Attempts
Suicide Attempt n (%)	17 (2%)	63 (4%)	.51 (.28, .95)	.03
Suicidal Ideation n (%)	56 (6%)	171 (10%)	.69 (.45, 1.07)	.10
Mood Symptoms
Threshold Depression n (%)	212 (24%)	497 (28%)	.76 (0.55, 1.05)	.10
Mean PSR Depression Score (S.D.)	2.0 (1.1)	2.3 (1.2)	−.19 (−.32, −.06)	.004
Threshold Mania/Hypomania n (%)	164 (19%)	248 (14%)	1.35 (0.95, 1.91)	.09
Mean PSR (Hypo)mania Score (S.D.)	1.9 (1.8)	1.9 (1.9)	.03 (−.04, .08)	.47
Psychosocial Functioning
Worst PSF (lower is better)	10.2 (10.0)	11.1 (11.2)	−55 (−.90, −.19)	.003
Other Outcomes
Hospitalization n (%)	71 (8%)	139 (8%)	1.03 (.71, 1.51)	.87
Aggression score (BCS)	4.7 (4.7)	5.9 (4.7)	−1.1 (−1.7, −.5)	.0004
Substance Use Disorder n (%)	45 (5%)	105 (6%)	.65 (.33, 1.28)	.21

Note: BCS=Behavior Control Scale; LI=Lithium; OMS=Other Mood Stabilizer; PSR=Psychiatric Status Rating; PSF=Psychosocial Functioning.