TABLE 3.

Comparison of clinical characteristics among BD of different severities.

	Depressive			P	(hypo)manic			P
	Mild (N = 17)	Moderate (N = 35)	Severity (N = 74)		Mild (N = 22)	Moderate (N = 37)	Severity (N = 43)
Physical co-morbidities	3	6	19	0.796	5	5	20	0.170
Inflammatory or Autoimmune diseasea	1	3	5	0.921	1	0	3	0.273
Cyst or hyperplasiab	1	1	7	0.447	1	4	9	0.156
Thyroid diseasesc	0	0	2	0.490	1	1	1	0.877
Glycolipid metabolic diseasesd	1	1	3	0.870	1	0	4	0.157
Cardiovascular diseasese	0	1	2	0.786	1	0	3	0.273
Mental comorbidities	2	9	24	0.445	6	13	15	0.884
OCD	2	4	5	0.645	1	3	4	0.794
Anxiety disordersf	0	2	2	0.510	1	2	3	0.914
Eating disordersg	0	1	1	0.718	1	4	1	0.262
Somatoform disorders	0	1	7	0.215	2	1	2	0.554
Attempted suicideh	0	0	2	0.490	0	0	1	0.500
Duration of illness course				0.166				0.104
≤1 year	3	12	23		4	14	10
>1 year and ≤ 3 years	9	16	22		11	10	13
>3 years	5	7	27		4	13	19
Psychotic features	3	4	13	0.699	6	10	14	0.83
Family history of mental disorders	2	7	10	0.622	4	11	9	0.522

^aIncluding all kinds of asymptomatic infectious diseases, allergic rhinitis, urticaria, eczema, psora, asthma, and irritable bowel syndrome.

^bIncluding all the benign cyst, nodule, polyp and well-healed cancer.

^cIncluding Grave’s diseases, thyroiditis, thyroid cyst, thyroid nodule, thyroid cancer., primary hypothyroidism.

^dIncluding diabetes mellitus, impaired glucose tolerance, and hepatic adipose infiltration.

^eIncluding hypertension, lacunar cerebral infarction, aneurism, phlebangioma, atherosclerosis, and varicosity.

^fIncluding panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and social phobia.

^gIncluding bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa.

^hFailed suicide attempt in the last two weeks.