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Table 5 Regression for incidence rates (with overdispersion and offset term) of various types of episodes with significant influence of factor scores, in a sample of bipolar patients

From: Patterns of childhood adverse events are associated with clinical characteristics of bipolar disorder

Outcome

Covariate

Estimate (st. error)

df**

p-value

Depressive episodes

Intercept

−1.5 (0.3)

 

<0.001

Gender, male

0 (Ref)

  

female

0.4 (0.17)

 

0.02

s(age)*

 

4.7

<0.001

s(Factor 3)*

 

6.6

0.04

Hypo/manic episodes

Intercept

−1 (0.09)

 

<0.001

s(age)*

 

8.7

<0.001

s(Factor 1)*

 

8.3

<0.001

age*Factor 1

−0.025 (0.008)

 

0.001

Psychotic episodes

Intercept

−2.2 (0.16)

 

<0.001

s(age)*

 

1.65

0.001

s(Factor 2)*

 

2.8

0.009

age*Factor 2

−0.032 (0.016)

 

0.042

Self – harm (N=123)

Intercept

−5.56 (1.56)

 

<0.001

Gender, male

0 (Ref)

  

female

3.08 (0.6)

 

<0.001

age

−0.064 (0.02)

 

0.002

s(Factor 3)*

 

7.8

<0.001

age*Factor 3

0.19 (0.03)

 

<0.001

Hospitalizations

age

−0.048 (0.003)

 

<0.001

Factor 1

−0.33 (0.11)

 

0.003

  1. *: s(.) = smoothed (.).
  2. **: Estimated df corresponds to amount of smoothing (approximate p-value).
  3. Factor 1 = emotional abuse/neglect-revised; Factor 2 = sexual abuse-revised; Factor 3 = physical abuse-revised.