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Table 1 Demographic, diagnostic, premorbid, pre-treatment and service entry factors related to gender in FEPM patients

From: Gender differences in first episode psychotic mania

  

Gender

 

95% CI of OR

p value

  

Male

Female

OR

LCI

UCI

Variable

(n=71)

(n=47)

    

Pre-treatment variables

       

Years in school

M (SD)

11.2 (1.3)

11.0 (1.6)

1.12

0.86

1.45

.395

Pre-morbid GAF

M (SD)

73.9 (11.5)

74.8 (9.4)

0.99

0.96

1.03

.638

Duration of prodrome (in days) a

M (SD)

363.0 (640.0)

227.2 (338.0)

1.15

0.83

1.60

.398

Duration of untreated psychosis (in days) a

M (SD)

41.4 (197.2)

64.93 (190.9)

0.76

0.50

1.16

.204

Age at onset (years)

M (SD)

22.0 (3.0)

22.5 (3.6)

0.95

0.85

1.07

.387

Past history of suicide attempt (%Yes)

% (n)

2.8 (2)

8.7 (4)

0.30

0.05

1.73

.180

Family history of psychiatric disorder

% (n)

60.9 (42)

72.1 (31)

0.60

0.26

1.37

.227

Diagnostic variables

       

Past history

       

Major depressive disorder

% (n)

49.3 (35)

63.8 (30)

0.55

0.26

1.17

.122

Substance use disorder (SUD) (%Yes)

% (n)

91.5 (65)

44.7 (21)

13.41

4.86

37.01

<.001

Sexual abuse

% (n)

5.6 (4)

29.8 (14)

0.14

0.04

0.46

.001

Physical abuse

% (n)

14.1 (10)

19.1 (9)

0.69

0.26

1.86

.465

Forensic issues

% (n)

30.4 (21)

8.5 (4)

4.71

1.50

14.79

.008

At service entry

       

Comorbid psychiatric disorder (%Yes)

% (n)

4.2 (3)

4.3 (2)

1.01

0.16

6.27

.994

Substance use disorder (SUD) (%Yes)

% (n)

74.6 (53)

42.6 (20)

3.98

1.81

8.74

.001

Cannabis

% (n)

54.9 (39)

36.2 (17)

2.15

1.01

4.58

.047

Alcohol

% (n)

11.3 (8)

12.8 (6)

0.87

0.28

2.68

.805

Polysubstance

% (n)

14.1 (10)

8.5 (4)

1.76

0.52

5.99

.364

Baseline variables

       

Age at service entry

M (SD)

22.3 (3.0)

22.7 (3.4)

0.96

0.85

1.08

.469

Symptoms at entry

       

CGI-S severity score

M (SD)

5.8 (0.8)

5.5 (0.7)

1.72

1.03

2.86

.037

CGI-BP depression

M (SD)

1.5 (1.3)

1.4 (1.3)

1.11

0.81

1.51

.520

CGI-BP mania

M (SD)

4.7 (1.8)

4.6 (1.5)

1.05

0.84

1.31

.657

Insight at entry (%No)

% (n)

76.1 (54)

65.2 (30)

1.69

0.75

3.83

.205

Functional level at entry

       

Employment/occupation (%Yes)

% (n)

63.4 (45)

72.3 (34)

0.66

0.30

1.47

.312

GAF

M (SD)

29.7 (10.1)

33.5 (9.1)

0.96

0.92

0.99

.045

Living with family

% (n)

54.3 (38)

44.7 (21)

1.47

0.70

3.09

.309

  1. Note: OR - odds ratio; LCI - lower confidence interval; UCI - upper confidence interval; CGI-S - Clinical Global Impressions Scale - Severity; CGI-BP - Clinical Global Impressions Scale - Bipolar Disorder; GAF - Global Assessment of Functioning.
  2. a Raw data are presented, however the test statistics were based on log10 (+constant) transformed data because of extreme positive skewness.