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The team found that teenagers with major depression or bipolar disorder were more likely to have a number of risk factors for heart disease - including hypertension, high cholesterol, obesity, type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis - compared with teenagers without these mood disorders.
The increased cardiovascular risk factors identified among adolescents with bipolar or major depression were not fully explained by other factors, such as lack of exercise, smoking or drug abuse, according to the statement authors.
While medication for mood disorders is associated with weight gain, hypertension, high cholesterol and increased blood sugar levels, the team notes that the majority of the teenagers included in the studies were not receiving such medication.