PMID- 32130717 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211004 LR - 20211004 IS - 1920-7476 (Electronic) IS - 0008-4263 (Print) IS - 0008-4263 (Linking) VI - 111 IP - 5 DP - 2020 Oct TI - Association between C-reactive protein and mood disorder in a representative sample of the Canadian population: analysis of CHMS data 2013-2014. PG - 743-751 LID - 10.17269/s41997-020-00297-3 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVES: The inflammatory biomarker C-reactive protein (CRP) measures systemic inflammation and has been shown to be increased in patients with mood disorders such as depression. The objective of this study was to determine the association between self-reported mood disorders with CRP levels in a representative sample of the Canadian population using the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) data 2013-2014. METHODS: The CHMS is an ongoing national cross-sectional survey of Canadians about their general health. The current study used the data collected from Cycle 3 (2012/13) and was limited to adults aged 18 and older. Survey weights were assigned to adjust for non-response and non-random sample selection of the responding sample. RESULTS: Data were analyzed from 5782 respondents (400 (6.9%) self-reported mood disorders and 5382 (93.1%) reported no mood disorders). The CRP level was significantly higher among those with mood disorders than among those without (3.22 (0.17) vs. 2.34 (0.04) mg/L, p = 0.003). Respondents with CRP levels > 10.00 mg/L had 2.69 greater odds of reporting a mood disorder compared with those with CRP levels