Pro-Inflammatory Biomarkers And Depression: A Study Performed In A Group Of Health Sciences University Students

Elevations in both inflammatory cytokines measured in this study were evident in both study groups. This could be explained by the high emotional stress generally associated with healthcare career training, which in turn could reinforce the hypothesis of inflammatory states and their relation to the pathophysiology of depression. However, the percentage of depression cases was higher in the nursing student group, in which the female gender accounted for 83.3% of the group, a fact that could explain the reason why in this group there was a statistically significant relationship between elevated cytokines and the presence of depression.