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Table 1 Sample characteristics and demographic data of bipolar patients

From: C-reactive protein concentration in bipolar disorder: association with genetic variants

 

n

Ratio

Sex (male/female)

86/135

0.64

Cigarettes (smoker/non-smoker)

100/103

0.97

 

n

M

SD

Age at sampling (years)

221

49.6

15.10

BMI (kg/m2)

139

28.2

6.01

Leukocytes (1000/μl)

204

6.6

3.77

MDRD (ml/min/1.73 m2)

206

86.7

23.58

Medication

N

Lithium only MS

9

Anticonvulsant only MS

5

Antipsychotic only MS

16

Combination Li + antidepressant

14

Combination Li + antipsychotic

15

Combination Li + antidepressant + antipsychotic

28

Combination Li + anticonvulsant + antidepressant

6

Combination Li + anticonvulsant + antipsychotic

8

Combination Li + anticonvulsant + antidepressant + antipsychotic

6

Combination anticonvulsant + antidepressant

9

Combination anticonvulsant + antipsychotic

14

Combination antidepressant + antipsychotic

31

Combination anticonvulsant + antidepressant + antipschotic

14

No mood stabilizer

46

 Only antidepressants

16

 No psychotropic medication

30

Medication not available

1

Subtype

N

Bipolar I/Bipolar II/Bipolar III/not specified

108/85/5/23

Polarity at sampling

N

Euthymic

7

Depressed

123

Manic (including hypomanic and mixed states)

89

Illness duration (in years)

18.14 ± 12.5

Number of depressed episodes

9.67 ± 18.55

Number of manic episodes

1.75 ± 7.97

Number mixed episodes

7.06 ± 16.85

Number of all previous episodes

17.51 ± 35.91

  1. BMI body mass index, MDRD Modification of Diet in Renal Disease, MS mood stabilizer, Li lithium