Journal article
Influence of birth cohort on age of onset cluster analysis in bipolar I disorder
Abstract
PURPOSE: Two common approaches to identify subgroups of patients with bipolar disorder are clustering methodology (mixture analysis) based on the age of onset, and a birth cohort analysis. This study investigates if a birth cohort effect will influence the results of clustering on the age of onset, using a large, international database.
METHODS: The database includes 4037 patients with a diagnosis of bipolar I disorder, previously collected at …
Authors
Bauer M; Glenn T; Alda M; Andreassen OA; Angelopoulos E; Ardau R; Baethge C; Bauer R; Bellivier F; Belmaker RH
Journal
European Psychiatry, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 99–105
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
January 2015
DOI
10.1016/j.eurpsy.2014.10.005
ISSN
0924-9338