Increase in C-reactive protein and lipids in adolescents with psychiatric disease.

Eighteen adolescent patients with severe psychiatric disorders were compared with healthy, eutrophics adolescents for the presence of inflammation and cardiovascular risk factors. We found significant differences in high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, total cholesterol, and triglycerides. Our results show, evidence of an inflammatory status and a deleterious lipid profile, in a very early state of psychiatric disease.