Age of Onset of Mood Disorders and Complexity of Personality Traits
Table 1
Sample characteristics and clinical data relative to the MD for PD complexity.
= 209
No PDa
PD Simpleb
PD Complexc
Total
Effect Size
(%)
36 (17.2%)
96 (45.9%)
77 (36.9%)
209
Gender (F)
27 (75.0%)
61 (63.5%)
55 (71.4%)
143 (68.4%)
.207
.015
Age
53.70 (11.39)
57.97 (12.72)
53.36 (13.83)
55.54 (13.07)
.044
.030
Years of education
9.14 (3.07)
8.56 (3.02)
9.06 (3.11)
8.85 (3.06)
.464
.007
Employed
8 (22.2%)
29 (30.5%)
25 (32.5%)
62 (29.7%)
.378
.009
Depressive disorder
Single episode
6 (16.7%)
9 (9.4%)
7 (9.1%)
22 (10.5%)
Recurrent
24 (66.7%)
51 (53.1%)
34 (44.2%)
109 (52.2%)
Bipolar disorder
Type I
3 (8.3%)
20 (20.8%)
24 (31.2%)
47 (22.5%)
Type II
3 (8.3%)
16 (16.7%)
12 (15.6%)
31 (14.8%)
.084
.053
Age of MD onset
35.42 (12.83)
40.36 (19.92)
32.47 (15.01)
36.60 (15.46)
.003
.055
Years of illness
18.25 (15.12)
17.64 (14.58)
21.05 (13.53)
.326
.011
Number of episodes annual (mean) ()
.81 (.91)
.59 (.51)
.68 (.65)
.66 (.64)
.231
.016
Average duration of episodes ()
.334
.025
(≤1 month)
5 (16.7%)
13 (14.8%)
8 (11.6%)
(≤3 months)
16 (53.3%)
44 (50.0%)
27 (39.1%)
(>3 months)
9 (30.0%)
31 (34.5%)
34 (50.0%)
aParticipants with none elevation on the MCMI-III.
bParticipants with one elevation on the MCMI-III.
cParticipants with more than one elevation on the MCMI-III. χ² and φ² were used for the comparison of categorical variables; ANOVA test and η² were used for the comparison of continues variables.
