Table 1

Comparison of patients using ADs with those not using ADs.

Variables	Using ADs (n=123)	Not using ADs (n=115)	Z/χ²	P-value
Variables	n (%)		Z/χ²	P-value
*Gender*
Female	84 (68.29)	74 (64.35)	0.257^{^a}	0.613
Male	39 (31.71)	41 (35.65)
*^⁺Education*
Primary	25 (20.33)	21 (18.26)	2.486^{^a}	0.500
High school	40 (32.52)	48 (41.74)
College	54 (43.90)	44 (38.26)
None	4 (3.25)	2 (1.74)
*^⁺⁺Marital status*
Married	48 (39.02)	55 (47.83)	4.303^{^a}	0.116
Single	51 (41.46)	48 (41.74)	4.303^{^a}	0.116
Divorced	24 (19.51)	12 (10.43)
*Diagnosis*
Bipolar I	111 (90.24)	110 (95.65)	1.869^{^a}	0.171
Bipolar II	12 (9.76)	5 (4.35)	1.869^{^a}	0.171
^⁺⁺⁺Age (SD)	42.98 (11.8)	39.17 (13.2)	2.308^{^b}	0.021^*
^⁺⁺⁺Age at onset of illness (SD)	24.1 (8.0)	23.1 (8.7)	0.353^{^b}	0.724
^⁺⁺⁺Duration of illness (SD)	18.46 (9.8)	15.8 (8.5)	2.226^{^b}	0.026^*

AD - antidepressants, NS - not significant (p>0.05), SD - standard deviation. Chi Square with Yates Correction,
↵+ Fisher Exact Chi Square,
↵++ Chi Square,
↵+++ Mann Whitney U Test,
↵a X² value,
↵b Z value.
↵* p<0.05 - statistically significant