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Table 4 Comparison of pharmacotherapy among depressed eating disorder patients with or without lifetime hypomania/mania episode at enrollment

From: Comparison of associated features and drug treatment between co-occurring unipolar and bipolar disorders in depressed eating disorder patients

Variables

Eating disorders with MDD

Eating disorders with bipolar II disorder

Eating disorders with bipolar I disorder

2 vs. 1

3 vs. 1

3 vs. 2

(1)

(2)

(3)

(n = 133)

(n = 55)

(n = 39)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

AOR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Antidepressant monotherapy

61 (48.0)

31 (56.4)

10 (27.0)

1.23 (0.62, 2.42)

0.35 (0.15, 0.83)

0.28 (0.11, 0.72)

mood stabilizer monotherapy

0

1 (1.8)

0

NA

NA

NA

Atypical antipsychotic monotherapy

32 (25.2)

6 (10.9)

9 (24.3)

0.41 (0.15, 1.09)

1.04 (0.41, 2.61)

2.65 (0.82, 8.59)

Antidepressant plus mood stabilizers

1 (0.8)

0

1 (2.7)

NA

NA

NA

Antidepressant plus antipsychotic

17 (13.4)

10 (18.2)

9 (24.3)

1.44 (0.56, 3.47)

2.09 (0.81, 5.37)

1.36 (0.46, 4.03)

Antidepressant plus mood stabilizers and antipsychotics

1 (0.8)

1 (1.8)

1 (2.7)

2.26 (0.13, 39.12)

4.00 (0.23, 68.78)

1.78 (0.10, 30.80)

Any antidepressant

80 (63.0)

42 (76.4)

21 (56.8)

1.70 (0.78, 3.72)

0.70 (0.31, 1.60)

0.38 (0.15, 0.99)

Any mood stabilizer

5 (3.9)

3 (5.5)

6 (16.2)

1.01 (0.25, 4.88)

3.95 (1.06, 14.71)

3.96 (0.90, 17.44)

Any atypical antipsychotic

51 (40.2)

17 (30.9)

21 (56.8)

0.72 (0.36, 1.47)

2.13 (0.97, 4.65)

2.92 (1.18, 7.20)

  1. MDD major depressive disorder
  2. Data mission for 6 and 2 persons in eating disorders with MDD and eating disorders with bipolar I disorder, respectively
  3. AOR: odd ratio adjusted for age, gender, and eating disorder subtypes
  4. Values in bold type indicated statistically significant