Relationship Between Smoking and Psychiatric and Somatic Comorbidities in Older Age Bipolar Disorder: Lien entre le tabagisme et les affections psychiatriques et somatiques concomitantes chez les personnes agees atteintes de trouble bipolaire.

ABSTRACT: ObjectiveSmoking has been associated with psychiatric and somatic comorbidities in bipolar disorder (BD) populations. However, studies in older age BD (OABD) populations are sparse. We hypothesized that among individuals with OABD, current and former smokers would have worse psychiatric and somatic comorbidities parameters compared to never smokers.MethodOur study used baseline cross-sectional data from 27 international studies reporting data on adults 50 years old and older (N = 984). Smoking status was categorized into current smokers, former smokers, and never smokers. The distribution of demographic and clinical variables was assessed. The associations between smoking status and the clinical variables were examined using multivariable models that adjusted for age, sex, and study

SUBMITTER: Howland M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12549600 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature