Table 3.

Sample characteristics

CharacteristicUBDNot UBDDifference (95% CI)
N (%)17 (7.3)216 (92.7)
Female, n (%)13 (77)169 (78)0.02 (−0.13 to 0.26)
Age, mean (SD)30.2 (6.4)32.9 (5.3)1.10 (0.98 to 1.23)a
Married/cohabiting5 (0.29)115 (0.53)0.24 (−0.01 to 0.41)
White British16 (0.94)202 (0.94)0.01 (−0.21 to 0.07)
Years of education, mean (SD)14.1 (1.9)14.5 (2.9)1.02 (0.94 to 1.10)a
Age at onset of depression, mean (SD)17.5 (5.4)20.5 (7.3)1.24 (1.02 to 1.52)a
First-degree family history of mood disorder5 (0.50)80(0.45)0.05 (−0.22 to 0.33)
  • Proportions are given unless otherwise indicated. SCAN = Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry. UBD = unrecognised bipolar disorder.

  • a Back-transformed from transformed data.