Association of serum interleukin-6 with mental health problems in children exposed to perinatal complications and social disadvantage
Mansur R, Cunha G, Asevedo E, Zugman A, Rizzo L, Grassi-Oliveira R, Levandowski M, Gadelha A, Pan P, Teixeira A, McIntyre R, Mari J, Rohde L, Miguel E, Bressan R, Brietzke E. Association of serum interleukin-6 with mental health problems in children exposed to perinatal complications and social disadvantage. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2016, 71: 94-101. PMID: 27258821, DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.05.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParental mood disorderMental health problemsSerum interleukin-6Interleukin-6Perinatal complicationsEnvironmental risk factorsHealth problemsRisk factorsSerum levelsPsychiatric diagnosisParents' psychiatric diagnosisHigher serum levelsHigh Risk Cohort StudyMultiple risk factorsSocial disadvantageCohort studySystemic inflammationSocio-demographic characteristicsInflammatory activationMood disordersPsychiatric disordersDisorder pathogenesisComplicationsFamilial riskCumulative risk model