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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the studied groups

From: Clinical characteristics of bipolar 1 disorder in relation to interleukin-6: a cross-sectional study among Egyptian patients

 

Euthymia

n = 30

Depression

n = 24

Mania

n = 29

Healthy subjects

n = 20

Test value

p-value

Age, mean (SD)

34.7 (8.9)

39 (10)

34.4 (9.8)

38.6 (8.3)

F = 1.75

0.16

Male gender, n (%)

20 (66.7)

11 (45.8)

20 (69)

12 (60)

χ2 = 3.51

0.32

Years of education, med. (min–max)

13 (6–18)

13 (3–18)

13 (0–17)

15 (8–18)

K-W test χ2 = 6.85

0.08

Marital status, n (%)

    

χ2 = 10.59

0.31

 Single

13 (43.3)

4 (16.7)

14 (48.3)

7 (35)

 Married

14 (46.7)

15 (62.5)

10 (34.5)

11 (55)

 Divorced

3 (10)

4 (16.7)

5 (17.2)

2 (10)

 Widowed

0 (0)

1 (4.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Employment, n (%)

    

χ2 = 27

0.001*

 Unemployed

8 (26.7)

12 (50)

11 (37.9)

4 (20)

 Part time

9 (30)

11 (45.8)

13 (44.8)

2 (10)

 Full time

13 (43)

1 (4.2)

5 (17.2)

14 (70)

  1. F: one-way ANOVA; χ2 :chi-square test; K-W test χ2 :Kruskal–Wallis test chi-square
  2. * Healthy subject vs depression and mania are statistically significant in terms of part time and full-time employment; euthymia vs depression and mania are statistically significant in terms of full-time employment