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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of the studied patients

From: Neurological soft signs for discrimination between euthymic patients with bipolar I disorder and healthy controls

Variables

Patients group (n = 30)

Age of onset (years)

 Mean ± SD

31.8 ± 4.9

 Range

22.0–42.0

Disease duration (years)

 Mean ± SD

4.7 ± 1.3

 Range

3.0–7.0

Duration of longest admission (weeks)

 Mean ± SD

4.7 ± 0.9

 Range

3.0–7.0

Number of previous episodes

 Median

5

 Range

3–7

Psychotropic therapya

 Antipsychotics

28 (93.3%)

 Antidepressants

2 (6.7%)

Mood stabilizer drugs

 Lithium carbonate

27 (90.0%)

 Sodium valproate

3 (10.0%)

  1. aTwo patients had both antipsychotics and antidepressants therapies