Unipolar ve Bipolar Depresif Bozuklukta Bazı Hematolojik Parametrelerin

Background: Major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder, which are the most severe types of mood disorders, are among the diseases that cause the most disability worldwide. One of the biggest challenges in providing early and effective treatment in mood disorders is the inability to make an early differential diagnosis between UD and BD. Many studies have suggested that neuroinflammation may play a role in the pathophysiology of mood disorders. Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and monocyte/lymphocyte ratio (MLR) are relatively cheap hematological parameters recommended to measure the level of inflammation. This study aimed to examine the potential role of inflammatory processes in the pathogenesis of unipolar depression(UD) and bipolar depression(BD) by analyzing various hematologic markers, including NLR, PLR, and MLR Materials and Methods: The patient group comprised 54 individuals(UD: 31, BD: 23), while the healthy control(HC) group comprised 40 individuals. The study compared the values of hematologic markers between the groups. Results:The study found significant differences only in the levels of NLR among the analyzed hematologic markers(p=0.004). When the UD and BD groups were compared with HC separately, NLR was significantly higher in both the UD and BD groups compared to the HC group(p=0.002, p=0.015). When UD and BD were compared with each other, there was no significant difference in terms of NLR(P=0,416). Conclusions: In our study, although there was no significant difference between BD and UD in terms of NLR, PLR and MLR, the higher NLR in both patient groups compared to HC suggests the presence of inflammation in both BD and UD patients. More evidence is needed to evaluate it as a disease-specific marker.