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Table 2 Relationship between potential explanatory variables and long DUI: results from the logistic regression analysis

From: Correlates of long duration of untreated illness (DUI) in patients with bipolar disorder: results of an observational study

Dependent variables

B

S.E

Wald

p

Gender (Male)

0.180

0.184

0.952

0.329

Bipolar disorder, type

0.334

0.138

5.843

0.016

Age of onset

−0.42

0.008

29.592

 < 0.001

Bipolar cycle, type

0.087

0.097

0.817

0.366

Predominant polarity

0.269

0.113

5.626

0.018

Onset polarity

1.103

0.190

33.873

 < 0.001

Duration of illness

1.056

0.135

31.784

 < 0.001

Lifetime suicide attempts

0.448

0.229

3.827

0.045

Current medical comorbidity

0.538

0.229

5.516

0.019

Lifetime medical comorbidity

0.372

0.226

2.717

0.099

  1. The statistically significant results (p<0.005) are in bold type
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Annals of General Psychiatry

ISSN: 1744-859X