Testing and Subgroups
Cytokines can be measured, but CRP is described as simpler and cheaper for clinical use. Only a subset of people with depression appears to have increased inflammation. Anti-inflammatory psychiatric trials are harder to interpret when they…
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Cytokines can be measured, but CRP is described as simpler and cheaper for clinical use. Only a subset of people with depression appears to have increased inflammation. Anti-inflammatory psychiatric trials are harder to interpret when they do not stratify participants by inflammatory markers. CRP is presented as a practical, inexpensive, commonly available marker of systemic inflammation. Homocysteine and Lp-PLA2 were highlighted as additional blood tests for inflammatory and vascular risk assessment.