Prevalence of comorbid general medical conditions

The analysis shown on the slide used data from the Canadian Community Health Survey, which included 36,984 individuals, of whom 938 (2.5% of the sample) reported at least one manic episode over their lifetime.¹ Compared with respondents who did not have a history of mania, people with mania reported significantly higher rates of various comorbidities, including chronic fatigue syndrome, migraine, asthma, chronic bronchitis, and gastric ulcer.¹

Reference:
1. McIntyre RS, Konarski JZ, Soczynska JK, et al. Medical comorbidity in bipolar disorder: implications for functional outcomes and health service utilization. Psychiatr Serv 2006; 57 (8): 1140–1144.