Table 2.

Correlation between TNF-α and PANSS scores in FEDN patients before and after treatment and chronic patients

		FEDN patients before treatment			FEDN patients after treatment		Chronic patients
	Beta	T	P	Beta	T	P	r	P
PANSS total score	0.13	0.85	0.398	0.06	0.34	0.734	− 0.42	0.003
Positive subscore	0.11	0.77	0.447	−0.03	− 0.21	0.835	− 0.25	0.085
Negative subscore	0.14	0.93	0.360	0.03	0.16	0.877	−0.26	0.075
General psychopathology subscore	0.07	0.46	0.647	0.13	0.70	0.490	−0.41	0.003

Note: FEDN, first-episode drug-naïve; PANSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α