Metabolic parameters as possible diagnostic predictors in first-episode psychosis: An exploratory retrospective cohort study.
Sofia Ramos FerreiraDiana MouraPedro OliveiraVítor SantosMiguel BajoucoSofia MoraisManuel CoroaBruno ManadasNuno G G F MadeiraPublished in: Early intervention in psychiatry (2021)
Findings in this first-episode psychosis cohort support previous evidence suggesting higher UA levels as a predictor of affective psychosis and glucose dysfunction as predictive of schizophrenia. Further studies are needed to explore metabolic parameters as possible diagnostic predictors in first-episode psychosis.