Open AccessRelationship Between Serum Fibrinogen Level and Depressive Symptoms in an Adult Population with Spinal Cord Injury: A Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s) -
Zhiping Xie,
Chengcai Li,
Zelong Xing,
Wu Zhou,
Shenke Xie,
Meihua Li,
Yujuan Zhou
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2021
pISSN - 1176-6328
DOI - 10.2147/ndt.s311473
Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , odds ratio , body mass index , fibrinogen , confidence interval , population , confounding , environmental health , economics , macroeconomics
Depression is associated with an inflammatory immune response. There are minimal data regarding the association of inflammatory markers with depression in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). We aimed to investigate the association of inflammatory markers with depression in middle-aged and elderly SCI patients.