Elevated C-Reactive Protein Associated With Late- and Very-Late-Onset Schizophrenia in the General Population: A Prospective Study

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BACKGROUND: Individuals with autoimmune diseases and severe infections have persistent or acutely elevated inflammatory biomarkers and increased risk of schizophrenia. We tested the hypothesis that baseline elevated plasma levels of the inflammatory biomarker, C-reactive protein (CRP), associate with increased risk of late- and very-late-onset schizophrenia in the general population, and if such an association...

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