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Table 5 Illness characteristics of the study groups

From: Cognitive impairment in manic bipolar patients: important, understated, significant aspects

 

Manic subgroup N = 54

Depressive subgroup N = 32

Euthymic subgroup N = 30

Mixed subgroup N = 21

p

Age at illness onset (Y)

22 (19–28)

23 (20–27)

25.5 (24–28)

23 (20–28)

<0.0001*

Illness length (Y)

16.59 ± 7.59

17.09 ± 8.43

12.3 ± 6.86

15.29 ± 7.27

NS**

Hospitalizations (N)

11.65 ± 4.97

12.31 ± 4.73

8.27 ± 4.10

12.38 ± 6.37

0.005**

  1. Values are presented as mean ± SD for continuous parametric data, median (range) for continuous nonparametric data
  2. Y years, N numbers, NS no statistical significant (p ≥ 0.05)
  3. * Kruskal–Wallis test; ** ANOVA
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Annals of General Psychiatry

ISSN: 1744-859X