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Table 1 Socio-demographic and illness characteristics of the study groups

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

 

Bipolar group N = 137

Control group N = 62

Age (Y)a

39.01 ± 7.18

38.44 ± 7.45

Education (Y)a

13.95 ± 2.17

14.34 ± 2.39

Age at illness onset (Y)a

24 (19–28)

Illness length (Y)a

18 (2–30)

Hospitalizationsa (N)

11 (3–23)

Gender

 Female

86 (62.8)

37 (59.7)

 Male

51 (37.2)

25 (40.3)

Occupational status

 Employed

72 (52.6)

49 (79)

 Unemployed

32 (23.4)

13 (21)

 Retired (medical)

33 (24.1)

00 (0)

  1. Y years, N numbers
  2. aValues are presented as mean ± standard deviation for parametric scale variables and mean (range) for nonparametric scale variables