Discriminating value of total minor physical anomaly score on the Waldrop scale between patients with bipolar I disorder and normal controls

• Published in: Psychiatry research Vol. 210; no. 2; pp. 451 - 456
• Main Authors: Sivkov, Stefan, Akabaliev, Valentin, Mantarkov, Mladen, Ahmed-Popova, Ferihan, Akabalieva, Katerina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ireland Ltd 15.12.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Biological and medical sciences; Bipolar disorder; Bipolar Disorder - complications; Bipolar Disorder - psychology; Bipolar disorders; Case-Control Studies; Congenital Abnormalities; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Minor physical anomalies; Miscellaneous; Mood disorders; Neurodevelopment; Physical Examination; Positive and negative predictive values; Predictive Value of Tests; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Sensitivity; Sensitivity and Specificity; Specificity; Waldrop scale; Sensitivity; Specificity; Minor physical anomalies; Neurodevelopment; Bipolar disorder; Positive and negative predictive values; Waldrop scale; Mood disorder; Human; Value; Psychometrics; Predictive factor

Minor physical anomalies (MPAs) are slight structural aberrations indicative of abnormal neurodevelopment. Most studies of MPAs in bipolar disorder have yielded limited results. We attempted to assess the potential value of MPAs as a classifying test in the status bipolar I patients vs. normal contr...