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Handwriting Analysis Indicates Spontaneous Dyskinesias in Neuroleptic Naïve Adolescents at High Risk for Psychosis
Published on: November 21, 2013
No difference in insulin resistance and lipid levels between controls and adolescent subjects who later develop
H Koponen1, J Vuononvirta, P Mäki
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Kuopio and University Hospital of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1777, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland. hannujuhani.koponen@uku.fi
Abstract:
Type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemias co-occur frequently with psychoses, but it is not known how common they are in adolescents who later develop psychosis. We investigated waist circumference, blood glucose, lipid and insulin levels and insulin resistance in the Northern Finland 1986 Birth Cohort at the age of 15/16 (N=5410). The Social Insurance Institute register and the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register were used to find the participants who developed psychosis (N=21), and they were compared with other participants. There were no differences in the cardiometabolic variables, suggesting that psychotic episode is not preceded by glucose and lipid metabolism disturbances.
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