The link between Social Anxiety and Peripheral Inflammatory Markers in patients with Schizophrenia diagnoses
Background: It exist increasing studies on the inflammatory process in psychiatric disorders, in which inflammation in schizophrenia (SZ) isquestioned. Objective: assess the association between social anxiety (SA) and inflammation in patients with SZ, measuring primarily the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and secondarily the systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio (MLR) and platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR). Methods: A cross-sectional study. Results: Of the 82 patients who met the inclusion criteria, 59 patients had SA and observed a significant alteration in inflammation markers in patients with SZ, especially NLR.
