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Aim: Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) refers to the intense stress and tension felt in the face of various life events. Various studies have shown that cardiovascular diseases are more common in patients with anxiety. Frontal QRS-T (fQRS-T) has been shown to be elevated in cardiovascular diseases. In this study, the fQRS-T, hemogram, and biochemistry values of patients with GAD were compared with healthy controls (HC) and the cardiovascular risk status of GAD patients was evaluated. Material and Methods: Seventy patients with a diagnosis of GAD and no comorbidity followed in the district state hospital's psychiatry outpatient clinic were included in this study. Sociodemographic data, disease severity, hemogram, biochemistry values, electrocardiogram (ECG) data of these patients were recorded. Disease severity was evaluated with The Generalized Anxiety Disorder Test-7 (GAD-7). These values were compared with 80 HCs without any psychiatric or organic disease. The correlation of fQRS-T value with platelet parameters and age was investigated in GAD patients. Results: According to the statistical analysis, fQRS-T was wider in patients with GAD than in HC (p |
