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Elevated interleukin-17 and reduced testosterone in bipolar disorder. Relation with suicidal behaviour.

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Hormonal imbalance and inflammation are associated with bipolar disorder and suicidal behavior. The present study was designed to assess the levels of testosterone and interleukin-17 and their association with suicidal… Click to show full abstract

Hormonal imbalance and inflammation are associated with bipolar disorder and suicidal behavior. The present study was designed to assess the levels of testosterone and interleukin-17 and their association with suicidal behavior in patients with bipolar disorder in remission. 41 bipolar disorder cases in remission and 41 age matched controls were enrolled in the study. Testosterone and interleukin-17 levels were assessed in both the groups. Interleukin-17 was significantly increased and testosterone was significantly reduced in bipolar disorder when compared with controls. IL-17 was negatively correlated with testosterone (r = -0.368, p = 0.018) and positively correlated with duration of disease (r = 0.382, p = 0.014) in bipolar disorder patients. Both didn't show any association with suicidal behavior. We conclude that testosterone is increased and interleukin-17 is reduced in bipolar disorder in remission and these were not associated with suicidal behavior in these patients.

Keywords: interleukin reduced; disorder; suicidal behavior; testosterone; bipolar disorder

Journal Title: Asian journal of psychiatry
Year Published: 2018

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