Table 1 Demographics of patients and controls, and clinical characteristics and prescribed medication, at the time of blood sampling for patients

From: Investigation of manic and euthymic episodes identifies state- and trait-specific gene expression and STAB1 as a new candidate gene for bipolar disorder

 

Euthymia

Mania

Controls

Group differences

Demographics

 N

11

10

 

 Age, years

48.3±12.0

47.6±10.3

n.s.

Clinical characteristics

 YMRS Score

4.3±4.7

25.2±10.2

 

0.00 (0.01)

Medication n (%)

 Antipsychotics all

11 (100)

11 (100)

 

n.s.

 Typical antipsychotics

2 (18)

5 (45)

 

n.s. (0.021)

 Atypical antipsychotics

10 (91)

10 (91)

 

n.s.

 Mood stabilizers

4 (36)

4 (36)

 

n.s.

 Anticonvulsants

9 (82)

10 (91)

 

n.s.

 Antidepressants

1 (9)

0 (0)

 

n.s. (0.038)

 Benzodiazepines

5 (45)

5 (45)

 

n.s.

  1. Abbreviations: n.s., not significant; YMRS, young mania rating scale.