Table 1

Demographic and disease related traits in the sample of probands with affective psychosis according to differentiated psychopathology

Monopolar depression (n = 57)
 Manic depressive illness (n = 191)
 Total sample (n = 248)

Male (n = 32)
 Female (n = 25)
 Male (n = 122)
 Female (n = 69)
 Male (n = 154)
 Female (n = 94)
 All cases (n = 248)

Mean
 SD
 Mean
 SD
 Mean
 SD
 Mean
 SD
 Mean
 SD
 Mean
 SD
 Mean
 SD
Age at onset (years)
 42.1
 16.5
 41.6
 15.9
 32.3
 12.1
 32.3
 12.9
 34.3
 14.3
 35.1
 15.1
 34.6
 14.5
Age at first hospitalisation (years)
 47.9
 17.9
 45.1
 13.3
 36.2
 13.6
 38.8
 14.7
 38.6
 15.3
 40.5
 14.5
 39.3
 15.0
Age at assessment (years)
 53.8
 16.8
 55.9
 11.8
 44.6
 15.4
 48.7
 15.1
 46.6
 16.1
 50.7
 14.6
 48.1
 15.6
Period of time in hospital (sum in weeks)
 33.2
 24.8
 47.8
 53.2
 38.5
 56.6
 46.9
 58.9
 37.4
 51.6
 47.1
 57.2
 41.1
 53.9
Duration of disease at assessment (years)
 12.3
 14.2
 14.6
 8.4
 12.9
 11.2
 16.5
 13.4
 12.8
 11.9
 15.0
 13.0
 14.0
 12.4
Suicide attempts (number)
 0.4
 0.6
 0.48
 1.0
 0.8
 1.7
 0.8
 1.6
 0.7
 1.5
 0.7
 1.5
 0.7
 1.5
In-patient treatment (number)
 3.4
 2.8
 5.8
 4.9
 4.8
 6.9
 5.1
 4.8
 4.5
 6.3
 5.3
 4.8
 4.8
 5.8

SD: Standard deviation

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