“…The relationship between metabolic problems, such as obesity, diabetes and elevated lipids, and the expression of Apo has been frequently investigated in the general population (Padrao, Ferreira, Vitorino, & Amado, 2012;Ramachandran et al, 2012;Sadler et al, 2012). Due to antipsychotic medications in SZ and mood stabilisers in BD, those patients have an increased risk for metabolic disturbances and altered lipid metabolism (Gibbons, Thomas, Scarr, & Dean, 2010), ultimately contributing to an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (Meyer et al, 2008). Several authors observed an association between Apo concentrations in patients receiving psychiatric medication (e.g., phenothiazines, olanzapine, risperidone) (Dean et al, 2008;Sasaki et al, 1985;Smith, Segman, Golcer-Dubner, Pavlov, & Lerer, 2008;Song et al, 2014).…”