The prevalence and clinical correlates of medical disorders comorbidities in patients with bipolar disorder

Medical disorders in patients with bipolar disorder (BD) have attracted more and more attention. So far, there is still a lack of studies on this issue utilizing large sample sizes in the Chinese sample. Therefore, we conducted this study to explore the clinical characteristics of BD patients comorb...

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Published in:BMC psychiatry 2022-03, Vol.22 (1), p.176-176, Article 176
Main Authors: Wang, Zhonggang, Li, Tao, Li, Shuhua, Li, Kunkun, Jiang, Xianfei, Wei, Chen, Yang, Lei, Cao, Haiyan, Li, Shen, Li, Jie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age of Onset
Bipolar disorder
Bipolar Disorder - complications
Bipolar Disorder - drug therapy
Bipolar Disorder - epidemiology
Cardiovascular diseases
Clinical features and correlates
Comorbidity
Comorbidity prevalence
Complications and side effects
Cross-Sectional Studies
Development and progression
Humans
Medical disorders
Prevalence
Prognosis
Risk factors
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Summary:Medical disorders in patients with bipolar disorder (BD) have attracted more and more attention. So far, there is still a lack of studies on this issue utilizing large sample sizes in the Chinese sample. Therefore, we conducted this study to explore the clinical characteristics of BD patients comorbid medical disorders in a relatively large Chinese sample. This was a cross-sectional study including 1,393 BD patients (882 patients with medical disorders and 511 patients without medical disorders). Their demographic and clinical characteristics were obtained by the Hospital Information System and self-designed questionnaires. The comorbidity rate of medical disorders in BD was 63.32%. The average number of medical disorders for a BD patient was 2.69. The top five comorbid medical disorders in BD patients were circulatory system diseases (19%), nervous system diseases (18%), endocrine and metabolic diseases (17%), digestive system diseases (16%), and respiratory system diseases (8%). BD patients with comorbid medical disorders had an older average age, lower education level, longer illness course, later onset age, lower ratio of psychotic features, more admission numbers, higher ratio of smoking and drinking alcohol, more number of manic episodes (All P 
ISSN:1471-244X
1471-244X
DOI:10.1186/s12888-022-03819-0