Journal of Clinical Medicine Research, ISSN 1918-3003 print, 1918-3011 online, Open Access
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Original Article

Volume 10, Number 3, March 2018, pages 196-201

Haptoglobin Phenotype Among Arab Patients With Mental Disorders

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Representative profile of the three Hp phenotypes in plasma samples using native-PAGE. The pattern reveals heterogeneity in Hp 2-1 and Hp 2-2, but not in Hp 1-1.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Mental disorder prevalence and distribution of haptoglobin phenotype among healthy subject and patients with mental illness: depression, schizophrenia, and panic disorder.
Figure 3.
Figure 3. Distribution of haptoglobin phenotype among all patients with mental illness and subgroups of patients with depression, schizophrenia, and panic disorder.

Table

Table 1. Demographic Characteristics of Studied Healthy Subjects and Mentally Ill Patients
 
Patient groupAgeGender, M, F/total (%)Hp 1-1 (%)Hp 2-2 (%)Hp 2-1 (%)
Healthy subjects (n = 206)42.6 ± 0.9M: 83/206 (40%)
F: 123/206 (60%)		10.738.850.5
Schizophrenia (n = 44)39.0 ± 1.5M: 25/44 (57%)
F: 19/44 (43%)		9.152.338.6
Depression (n = 17)44.5 ± 3.1M: 5/17 (29%)
F: 12/17 (71%)		11.858.829.4
Panic (n = 31)44.9 ± 2.7M: 8/31 (26%)
F: 23/31 (74%)		6.541.951.6