Exploring the role of serum uric acid as a biomarker in patients with schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, and major depressive disorder

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 4 Correlating serum uric acid level with symptom domains and severity of schizophrenia, bipolar, and MDD

Symptom domains and severity of illness	Serum uric acid level (mg/dl)
Symptom domains and severity of illness	r	p-value
PANSS/P	− 0.002	0.987
PANSS/N	0.036	0.804
PANSS/G	− 0.172	0.231
YMRS	− 0.323	0.022*
HAM-D	0.042	0.773

YMRS Young mania rating score. PANSS Positive and negative syndrome scale, PANSS/P Positive scale, PANSS/N Negative scale, PANSS/G general scale. HAM-D Hamilton depression scale, SD Standard deviation