Global Journal of Medical Research, A: Neurology & Nervous System, Volume 23 Issue 3

© 2023. Amelia Dias Teixeira, Victor Hugo Schaly Cordova & Paulo Belmonte-de-Abreu. This research/review article is distributed under the terms of the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). You must give appropriate credit to authors and reference this article if parts of the article are reproduced in any manner. Applicable licensing terms are at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. The Link between Social Anxiety and Peripheral Inflammatory Markers in Patients with Schizophrenia Diagnoses By Amelia Dias Teixeira, Victor Hugo Schaly Cordova & Paulo Belmonte-de-Abreu Abstract- 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. Keywords: social anxiety, schizophrenia, peripheral markers of inflammation, neutrophil-to- lymphocyte ratio, systemic immune-inflammation index. GJMR-A Classification: LCC: RC516 TheLinkbetweenSocialAnxietyandPeripheral nflammatoryMarkersinPatientswithSchizophreniaDiagnoses Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: Global Journal of Medical Research: A Neurology & Nervous System Volume 23 Issue 3 Version 1.0 Year 2023 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-4618 & Print ISSN: 0975-5888 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)