Figure 1.

(a) Rank-ANCOVA analysis for CRP group comparison controlling for age and sex. There was a significant group difference in CRP levels (F_(2,151) = 5.06, p = 0.007, ${\eta }_{\mathrm{p}}^{\mathrm{2}}=0.06$ ). Post hoc analyses revealed significantly higher CRP levels in the symptomatic BD group (p = 0.01) compared with the HC group. Results are reported as mean ranks ± standard error. (b) Sensitivity analysis further controlling for BMI (F_(2,151) = 1.88, p = 0.16, ${\eta }_{\mathrm{p}}^{\mathrm{2}}=0.02$ ).