Table 2.
Clinical features of the sample.
| N = 120 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Age of BD onset (years)a | 27.45 | (10.35) |
| Age first psychiatric contact (years)a | 30.16 | (10.57) |
| Age of first admission (years)a | 29.86 | (9.4) |
| Age of first hypomanic episode (years)a | 31.47 | (10.34) |
| Age of first depressive episode (years)a | 27.76 | (10.43) |
| Age of first manic episode (years)a | 28.50 | (7.70) |
| Duration of the disease (years)a | 18.56 | (13.08) |
| Duration of hospitalization (days)a | 9.93 | (5.93) |
| Number of depressive episodesa | 5.43 | (5.10) |
| Number of manic episodesa | 3.92 | (2.90) |
| Number of hypomanic episodesa | 3.11 | (3.06) |
| Lifetime number of affective episodesa | 10.47 | (9.91) |
| Number of affective episodes in the last yeara | 0.78 | (0.78) |
| Number of suicide attemptsa | 1.05 | (0.78) |
| Seasonalityb | 56 | 46.7 |
| Suicidality (positive)b | 39 | 32.5 |
| Aggressive behaviors (positive)b | 70 | 58.3 |
| Mixed features (positive)b | 59 | 49.2 |
| Anxious features (positive)b | 79 | 65.8 |
| Psychotic symptoms (positive)b | 53 | 44.2 |
a
Data are presented as means (SD).
b
Data are presented as frequencies (%).