C-reactive protein in patients with major depressive disorder in Zagazig university hospitals.
ashraf, A., Abd El-Latif, R., El-Shabrawy, A., Ibrahim, A. (2021). C-reactive protein in patients with major depressive disorder in Zagazig university hospitals.. EKB Journal Management System, 27(3), 501-510. doi: 10.21608/zumj.2019.16998.1523
alaa ashraf; Rafik Reda Abd El-Latif; Amany El-Shabrawy; Abdallah Saad Ibrahim. "C-reactive protein in patients with major depressive disorder in Zagazig university hospitals.". EKB Journal Management System, 27, 3, 2021, 501-510. doi: 10.21608/zumj.2019.16998.1523
ashraf, A., Abd El-Latif, R., El-Shabrawy, A., Ibrahim, A. (2021). 'C-reactive protein in patients with major depressive disorder in Zagazig university hospitals.', EKB Journal Management System, 27(3), pp. 501-510. doi: 10.21608/zumj.2019.16998.1523
ashraf, A., Abd El-Latif, R., El-Shabrawy, A., Ibrahim, A. C-reactive protein in patients with major depressive disorder in Zagazig university hospitals.. EKB Journal Management System, 2021; 27(3): 501-510. doi: 10.21608/zumj.2019.16998.1523

C-reactive protein in patients with major depressive disorder in Zagazig university hospitals.

Zagazig University Medical Journal
Article 276, Volume 27, Issue 3, May 2021, Page 501-510  XML PDF (632.29 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/zumj.2019.16998.1523
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Authors
alaa ashraf email 1; Rafik Reda Abd El-Latif2; Amany El-Shabrawy3; Abdallah Saad Ibrahim2
1psychiatry department, faculty of medicine, Zagazig university, Sharkia, Egypt.
2psychiatry department, faculty of medicine, Zagazig university, Sharkia, Egypt
3Assoc. Prof. of Psychiatry, Zagazig University
Abstract
Abstract

Background: The relationship between inflammation and psychiatric disorders has been widely debated. Psychiatric patients had features of inflammation, such as high levels of inflammatory markers. This study was conducted to assess plasma C-reactive protein level (CRP) in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and compare them with healthy controls.


Methods: A sample of 196 participants (98 cases, 98 controls) was taken, cases satisfied the diagnosis of MDD according to Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorder (DSM-5). Blood samples were collected from patients and controls to measure plasma levels of CRP. Severity of depression in patients was assessed by Beck depression inventory and the Hamilton depression rating scale.

Results: There was a statistically significant elevation of CRP levels in patients with MDD compared to control group with P value 0.009. Also there was a significant correlation between CRP level and degree of severity of depression.

Conclusion: CRP was elevated in patients with MDD and associated with severity of MDD. This result supports the previous findings that inflammatory hypothesis has a great role in major depressive disorder pathogenesis.
Keywords
Keywords: Major depressive disorder; Inflammation; C-reactive protein
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