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Childhood Insulin Levels Linked with Later Psychosis

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eMediNexus    17 January 2021

A new study has shown a link between elevated insulin levels in childhood and psychosis in young adulthood. The analysis also showed an association between high childhood body mass index (BMI) and depression.

The study, published online January 13 in JAMA Psychiatry, suggests that there might be a cardiometabolic signature that predates psychiatric problems that appear in patients during mid-20s. Investigators noted that the persistently high fasting insulin level trajectory was linked with the psychosis at-risk mental state (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 5.01; 95% CI, 1.76 – 13.19) and psychotic disorder (aOR, 3.22; 95% CI, 1.11 – 9.90) at 24 years of age. This trajectory was not associated with depression. For BMI, the puberty-onset major increase trajectory was tied to a higher risk for a depressive episode (aOR, 4.46; 95% CI, 2.38 – 9.87) at age 24 years… (Medscape)

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