Onset age moderates the associations between neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and clinical symptoms in first-episode patients with schizophrenia

Autor: Kuiyuan Wang, Shaohua Liu, Dan Huang, Xiaoni Guan, Nan Chen, Meihong Xiu, Dianying Liu, Yuanyuan Huang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Schizophrenia, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2754-6993
DOI: 10.1038/s41537-024-00522-9
Popis: Abstract Patients with schizophrenia with early onset age have been shown to exhibit more severe negative symptoms. Genetic, biomarker, postmortem brain, and imaging studies indicate the involvement of immune abnormalities in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. In this study, we examined the moderating role of early onset on the associations between clinical symptoms and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in medication-naïve first-episode schizophrenia (MNFES). A total of 97 MNFES patients were recruited. Neutrophil (NEU), LYM, and NLR values were compared between early-onset (EO) and non-early-onset (non-EO) patients with schizophrenia to explore the potential influence of EO on the correlations between NLR and symptoms. The results showed no differences in NEU and NLR values between the EO and non-EO groups. In the EO group, NEU and NLR values significantly correlated with general psychopathology and total score (all p
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