title: [Glycometabolism of patients with depression at first episode].
abstract: To investigate glycometabolism of patients with depression at first episode.
  
  
  
  Oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was performed in 100 patients with depression at first episode and 50 healthy subjects; the levels of fast blood plasma insulin were also measured.
  
  
  
  There were no statistically significant differences in fast blood plasma insulin levels and postprandial blood glucose levels at 0 h, 1 h and 3 h (P>0.05); the fasting blood glucose (FBS), postprandial blood glucose levels in 2 h and area under OGTT curve of depression patients were significantly higher than those of healthy controls. The frequency of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) in depression patients was higher than that in controls (P<0.05).
  
  
  
  Depression patients at the first episode are abnormal in glycometabolism, which may have clinical implication.
authors.affiliation: The Third People's Hospital of Huzhou, Huzhou 313000, China.
authors.forename: Qing-Chun
authors.initials: QC
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Gao-Hua
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hai-Zhi
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiao-Yun
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wan-Qiu
authors.initials: WQ
authors.lastname: Na
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D018149:Glucose Intolerance / Q000150:complications; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose