Investigation of carotid intima-media thickness in patients with schizophrenia

BMC Psychiatry

Table 2 Comparison of Laboratory Parameters of Patients Diagnosed with Schizophrenia and Healthy Controls

	SCZ (n = 51) M ± SD or n (%) or Med. (Min:Max)	HCs (n = 55) M ± SD or n (%) or Med. (Min:Max)	Statistic	p
Hemoglobin, mg/dl	14.23 ± 2.26	14.19 ± 1.82	-0.059	0.953¹
Urea, mg/dl	27.91 ± 8.33	28.87 ± 8.42	0.378	0.707¹
Creatinine, mg/dL	0.80 ± 0.12	0.76 ± 0.12	-0.958	0.344¹
Albumin, mg/dL	4.37 ± 0.26	4.49 ± 0.27		0.856¹
Neutrophil, 10⁶/µL	4.87 ± 1.76	4.81 ± 1.41	-0.114	0.909¹
Lymphocyte, 10³/µL	2.39 ± 0.91	2.43 ± 1.06	0.129	0.898¹
Platelet, 10³/µL	268.46 ± 76.39	254.56 ± 62.46		0.231¹
Monocyte, 10³/µL	0.56 ± 0.30	0.54 ± 0.62	-0.170	0.866¹
Eosinophil, 10³/µL	0.07 (0-0.34)	0.06 (0-0.41)	-0.681	0.496²
Basophil, 10³/µL	0.08 (0-0.43)	0.04 (0-0.14)	-2.431	*0.015*²
Fasting Triglycerid, mg/dL	188.36 ± 95.77	114.59 ± 67.87	-2.948	*0.005*¹
Total Cholesterol, mg/dL	185.36 ± 37.43	166.59 ± 37.93	-1.652	0.106¹
LDL-C, mg/dL	92.86 ± 28.09	81.40 ± 29.41	-1.321	0.194¹
HDL-C, mg/dL	51.72 ± 12.20	62.27 ± 9.64	3.179	*0.003*¹
CRP, mg/dl	0.2 (0.2–9.5)	0.2 (0.2-1)	-0.952	0.341²
NLR	2.11 (0.88–8.33)	2.13 (0.88–4.28)	-0.376	0.707²
PLR	110.5 (62.52-438.33)	96.4 (46.3-378.76)		0.086²
MLR	0.23 (0-0.79)	0.22 (0-1.45)	-0.704	0.481²
MHR	0.01 (0-0.03)	0.008 (0-0.05)	-2.253	*0.024*²
CAR	0.04 (0.04–2.16)	0.05 (0.04–0.26)	-1.494	0.135²
AIP	0.52 ± 0.26	0.21 ± 0.24	-4.059	*< 0.001*¹

SCZ, schizophrenia; HC, healthy controls; WBC, white blood cell; LDL-C, low-density cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density cholesterol; CRP, c-reactive protein; NLR, neutrophil lymphocyte ratio; PLR, platelet lymphocyte ratio; MLR, monocyte lymphocyte ratio; MHR, monocyte HDL-C ratio; CAR, CRP albumin ratio; AIP, atherogenic index of plasma
¹Independent t test was used. ²Mann-Whitney U test was used. p < 0.05 was accepted as statistically significant

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