Diurnal variation of blood glucose during lithium treatment.
Plasma glucose was analysed during a 24-hour period in 62 lithium-treated patients. Compared with 59 normal control persons and 80 psychiatric controls the lithium-treated patients with neutral mood had higher maximum glucose and higher mean plasma glucose. Depressed lithium-treated patients had lower mean plasma glucose than the neutral lithium-treated patients. Depressed patients among the psychiatric controls did not differ from the neutral patients in this group with respect to plasma glucose.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D001786:Blood Glucose; D008094:Lithium