Sex Dependence of Cognitive Functions in Bipolar Disorder

Table 5

Correlations between clinical factors and cognitive tests results (*significant at 𝑃<0.05) in bipolar patients.

		Age at onset	Number of episodes	Illness duration	YMRS	HDRS
SSP span length	O	0.01	−0.44*	−0.29*	0.01	−0.19
	M	0.01	−0.40	−0.12	−0.01	−0.24
	F	0.04	−0.51*	−0.49*	0.18	−0.08
SWM strategy	O	−0.09	0.20	0.25	0.16	0.14
	M	−0.00	0.15	0.05	0.25	−0.06
	F	−0.26	0.28	0.48*	0.04	0.46
SWM between errors	O	−0.00	0.24	0.35*	0.02	−0.18
	M	−0.02	0.16	0.02	0.12	−0.12
	F	−0.04	0.31	0.58*	−0.15	−0.26
SOC mean initial thinking time (5 moves)	O	0.23	0.21	−0.19	0.32	0.42*
	M	−0.31	0.58*	0.48*	0.22	0.32
	F	0.43*	0.08	−0.46*	0.93*	0.60
SOC mean subsequent thinking time (5 moves)	O	0.17	−0.00	−0.05	0.25	−0.18
	M	0.04	0.32	−0.01	0.37	−0.14
	F	0.19	−0.23	−0.10	0.24	−0.35
SOC problems solved in minimum moves	O	0.33*	−0.28*	−0.16	0.24	0.12
	M	0.36	−0.50*	−0.15	0.19	0.11
	F	0.46*	−0.11	−0.17	0.32	0.27
Semantic fluency	O	−0.14	−0.05	−0.18	−0.13	0.21
	M	−0.45	0.02	−0.03	−0.03	0.18
	F	−0.06	−0.07	−0.28	−0.12	0.34
Phonemic fluency	O	−0.03	−0.27	−0.26	0.09	0.06
	M	−0.13	−0.19	0.02	0.09	−0.09
	F	0.01	−0.31	−0.43*	0.32	0.52
TMT A	O	0.25	0.07	0.16	0.05	−0.18
	M	0.37	0.30	0.03	0.26	0.11
	F	0.15	−0.10	0.24	−0.68*	−0.80*
TMT B	O	0.20	0.21	0.05	0.20	−0.21
	M	0.30	0.11	−0.37	0.35	−0.02
	F	0.14	0.27	0.26	−0.28	−0.53

O: overall group of bipolar patients.
M: male patients.
F: female patients.
YMRS: Young Mania Rating Scale.
HDRS: Hamilton Depression Rating Scale.