Table 3.

Serum levels of cytokines, hsCRP, and BDNF in the schizophrenia group and the healthy control.

	Schizophrenia (n = 30)	Healthy controls (n = 10)	p-value
IL-6 (pg/mL)	1.5 [0.9~2.1]	1.1 [0.6~2.0]	0.23
TNF-α (pg/mL)	0.9 [0.7~1.0]	0.9 [0.7~0.9]	0.52
hsCRP (mg/dL)	0.029 [0.0070~0.065]	0.030 [0.017~0.065]	0.80
BDNF (pg/mL)	22,000 (7,800)	22,000 (5,000)	0.99

hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; BDNF, brain-derived neurotrophic factor; IL, interleukin; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor alpha. Dates were expressed mean(standard deviation) or median [interquartile range].