Table 1: Participant characteristics.

- Bipolar depression Recurrent major depression Drug-resistant epilepsy Non-clinical subjects
- N (%) Mean ± SD N (%) Mean ± SD N (%) Mean ± SD N (%) Mean ± SD
Sex - - - - - - - -
Male 11 (52.4) - 11 (52.4) - 11 (52.4) - 11 (52.4) -
Female 10 (47.6) - 10 (47.6) - 10 (47.6) - 10 (47.6) -
Age - 54.1 ± 10.9 - 53.2 ± 11.7 - 47.8 ± 7.8 - 53.3 ± 9.6
Education - - - - - - - -
Primary school 0 (0.0) - 3 (14.3) - 0 (0.0) - 0 (0.0) -
Junior high school 6 (28.6) - 5 (23.8) - 6 (28.6) - 3 (14.3) -
Senior high school 11 (52.4) - 12 (57.1) - 9 (42.8) - 12 (57.1) -
University degree 4 (19.0) - 1 (4.8) - 4 (19.0) - 6 (28.6) -
Marital status - - - - - - - -
Unmarried 5 (23.8) - 5 (23.8) - 3 (14.3) - 3 (14.3) -
Married 10 (47.6) - 8 (38.1) - 15 (71.4) - 13 (61.9) -
Separated or divorced 6 (28.6) - 6 (28.6) - 1 (4.8) - 3 (14.3) -
Widowed 0 (0.0) - 2 (9.5) - 1 (4.8) - 1 (4.8) -
Diagnosis - - - - - - - -
Bipolar I disorder, current episode depressed 13 (61.9) - - - - - - -
Bipolar II disorder, current episode depressed 8 (38.1) - - - - - - -
Major depressive disorder, recurrent episode - - 21 (100.0) - - - -
Drug-resistant epilepsy - - - 21 (100.0) - - -
No severe medical or psychiatric illness - - - - - - 21 (100.0) -
BPRS total score - 41.1 ± 9.7 - 45.4 ± 10.5 - - - -

Numbers may not add to 21 and 100% in each group, respectively, due to a few missing data