ELEVATED NEUTROPHIL/LYMPHOCYTE RATIO IN PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA

Semiz M., Yildirim O., Canan F., Demir S., HASBEK E., Tuman T. C., ...More

PSYCHIATRIA DANUBINA, vol.26, no.3, pp.220-225, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 26 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Journal Name: PSYCHIATRIA DANUBINA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.220-225
  • Keywords: lymphocyte, neutrophil, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, schizophrenia, inflammation, immunology, NEUTROPHIL-LYMPHOCYTE RATIO, T-CELL SUBSETS, CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID, IMMUNE FUNCTION, EPISODE, PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, DISEASE, BLOOD
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Inflammatory mechanisms are reported to play important roles in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. The neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a simple and easily accessible indicator of the systemic inflammatory response. Our goal was to investigate whether NLR was higher in patients with schizophrenia than in healthy comparison subjects similar in age, sex, and body mass index.