Abnormal resting-state cerebral-limbic functional connectivity in bipolar depression and unipolar depression

BMC Neuroscience

Table 2 Demographic and clinical profiles of bipolar depression patients, unipolar depression patients and healthy controls

Characteristics (mean ± SD)	BD (n = 23)	UD (n = 22)	HC (n = 24)	Analysis
Characteristics (mean ± SD)	BD (n = 23)	UD (n = 22)	HC (n = 24)	F/χ²	p
Age (years)	24.67 ± 6.17	27.57 ± 4.06	25.82 ± 5.42	− 2.064	0.014^a
Education (years)	11.41 ± 2.69	11.84 ± 2.69	10.78 ± 2.95	1.679	0.126^a
Sex (male/female)	12/11	12/10	13/11	0.185	0.911^a
Duration of illness (months)	9.59 ± 4.53	9.59 ± 4.53	–	− 6.518	< 0.001^a
Chlorpromazine equivalents (mg)	276.12 ± 245.86	259.00 ± 249.79	–	0.333	0.702^b
HAMD	21.57 ± 4.67	20.05 ± 5.78	–	0.506	0.671^b
YMRS	15.84 ± 7.7	14.29 ± 6.53	–	1.084	0.841^b
WAIS-digit symbol	53.56 ± 12.08	69.50 ± 14.37	79.07 ± 11.44	27.365	< 0.001^b

p < 0.05
HC healthy controls, BD bipolar depression, UD unipolar depression, HAMD Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, YMRS Young Mania Rating Scale
^aAnalysis of variance
^bTwo-sample t tests

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