Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine (정신신체의학)

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Relationships of Peripheral Inflammatory Marker With Suicide Attempt History

자살시도력과 말초혈액의 염증 지표 간의 연관성

  • Su-Hyun Oh (Department of Psychiatry, Konyang University Hospital) ;
  • Seung-Jun Kim (Yeonsei Samsung Mental Health) ;
  • Sang-Ho Shin (Department of Psychiatry, Konyang University Hospital) ;
  • Hong-Seok Oh (Department of Psychiatry, Konyang University Hospital) ;
  • Jae-Chang Lee (Keyo Medical Foundation Keyo Hospital) ;
  • Woo-Young Im (Department of Psychiatry, Konyang University Hospital) ;
  • Na-Hyun Lee (Department of Psychiatry, Konyang University Hospital)
  • 오수현 (건양대학교병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 김승준 (연세삼성정신건강의학과) ;
  • 신상호 (건양대학교병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 오홍석 (건양대학교병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 이재창 (계요의료재단 계요병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 임우영 (건양대학교병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 이나현 (건양대학교병원 정신건강의학과)
  • Received : 2023.12.02
  • Accepted : 2023.12.24
  • Published : 2023.12.31
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Abstract

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a significant difference in the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio according to the history of suicide attempt in patients with psychiatric diseases. Methods : A medical record review was conducted on patients who had been hospitalized in Konyang University Hospital since 2021-03-01 to 2023-02-28 to collect demographic and clinical characteristics. T-test for continuous variables and Chi-square test for categorical variables were performed to determine demographic differences according to the history of suicide attempt, and the ANCOVA test was performed to compare the average value of peripheral inflammatory marker according to the history of suicide attempt with gender and age as covariates. One-way variance analysis was performed to determine whether the number of suicide attempt causes significant difference of the peripheral inflammatory marker. Results : The final analysis target of this study was 266 patients, 101 had history of suicide attempt, and 165 had no history of suicide attempt. The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (p<0.001) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (p<0.001) were higher in patients with the history of suicide attempt than patients without the history of suicide attempt, but the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio were not significantly increased depending on the serial increase of number of suicide attempts. Conclusions : This study suggests that peripheral inflammatory markers are meaningful and easily accessible indicators for predicting the risk of suicide attempt in psychiatric patients. We expect that prospective follow-up study will be conducted with more subjects and controlled potential confounding variables.

연구목적 본 연구는 정신과 질환을 앓는 환자에서 자살시도 과거력 여부와 자살시도 횟수에 따라 중성구 대 림프구 비율, 혈소판 대 림프구 비율이 유의한 차이가 있는지를 확인하여 해당 수치가 자살시도 위험성을 예측하는 데에 활용할 수 있는 지표인지를 확인하고자 하였다. 방법 건양대학교병원 정신건강의학과에서 2021년 3월 1일부터 2023년 2월 28일 이내에 입원 치료를 받았던 환자들을 대상으로 의무기록 검토를 하여 인구학적 특성으로 성별, 내원 시 나이, 학력, 결혼 여부, 직업 여부를 조사하였으며 임상적 특성으로 혈액검사 결과, 정신과적 진단명, 이전 자살시도 과거력, 자살 시도로 인한 손상 정도, 자살시도 방법을 조사하였다. 자살시도 과거력의 유무에 따른 인구 사회학적 차이를 확인하고자 연속형 변수의 경우 T 검정, 범주형 변수의 경우 카이제곱 검정을 시행하였으며 여기서 유의미한 결과가 나온 성별과 나이를 공변량으로 하여 두 군 간의 말초혈액의 염증 지표의 평균값을 비교하고자 일원 배치 공분산 분석을 시행하였다. 또한, 자살시도 횟수에 따른 말초혈액의 염증 지표의 유의미한 차이가 있는지를 확인하고자 일원 배치 분산분석을 시행하였다. 결과 본 연구의 최종 분석 대상은 266명으로 자살시도 과거력이 있는 환자는 101명, 자살시도 과거력이 없었던 환자는 165명이었다. 자살시도 과거력이 있는 정신과 환자가 자살시도 과거력이 없는 정신과 환자보다 성별과 나이를 통제하고 나서도 중성구 대 림프구 비율(p<0.001), 혈소판 대 림프구 비율(p<0.001)가 상승하여 있었으나 자살시도의 횟수에 따라서는 중성구 대 림프구 비율, 혈소판 대 림프구 비율은 통계적으로 유의미한 순차적인 상승이 확인되지 않았다. 결론 본 연구는 중성구 대 림프구 비율과 혈소판 대 림프구 비율이 정신과 환자에게서의 자살시도 위험성을 예측할 수 있는 의미 있고 쉽게 접근 가능한 지표임을 제안하며 향후 이러한 사실을 검증하기 위한 보다 많은 대상자를 선정하고 잠재적 교란변수를 통제한 전향적인 후속 연구가 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

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