Physical Health Burden Among Older Men and Women With Bipolar Disorder: Results From the Gage-Bd Collaboration
Almeida, Osvaldo P; Dols, Annemiek; Blanken, Machteld A J T; Rej, Soham; Blumberg, Hilary P; Villa, Luca; Forester, Brent P; Forlenza, Orestes V; Gildengers, Ariel; Vieta, Eduard; Jimenez, Esther; Mulsant, Benoit; Schouws, Sigfried; Tsai, Shangying; Korten, Nicole C M; Sutherland, Ashley; Briggs, Farren B S; Flicker, Leon; Eyler, Lisa T; Sajatovic, Martha
(2022) The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, volume 30, issue 6, pp. 727 - 732
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OBJECTIVES: To compare the prevalence of physical morbidities among men and women with older adult bipolar disorder (OABD), and men with and without OABD. METHODS: Cross-sectional analysis of the collaborative Global Aging & Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder (GAGE-BD) database and non-OABD data from the Health in Men Study. OABD
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defined as bipolar disorder among adults aged greater than or equal to 50 years. Outcomes of interest were diseases affecting the cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, renal, musculoskeletal and endocrinological systems. RESULTS: We examined 1407 participants with OABD aged 50-95 years, of whom 787 were women. More women than men showed evidence of morbidities affecting the respiratory, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal and endocrinological systems. More men with than without OABD showed evidence of cardiovascular, renal and endocrinological diseases. CONCLUSION: GAGE-BD data showed that physical morbidities affect more women than men with OABD, and more men with than without OABD. The underlying reasons for these differences require clarification.
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Keywords: Bipolar disorder, Medical morbidity, Men, Old age, Physical illness, Sex, Women, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Psychiatry and Mental health
ISSN: 1064-7481
Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Note: Funding Information: This project was supported by the International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) Bowden Massey Strategic Research Initiative. This publication's contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of ISBD. The ISBD is a 401c3 non-profit organization whose mission is to foster international collaboration in education and research. For more information, visit www.isbd.org and www.gage-bd.org . Publisher Copyright: © 2021 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
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