Evidence for chronic low-grade systemic inflammation in individuals with agoraphobia from a population-based prospective study.

BACKGROUND:Anxiety disorders have been linked to an increased risk of incident coronary heart disease in which inflammation plays a key pathogenic role. To date, no studies have looked at the association between proinflammatory markers and agoraphobia. METHODS:In a random Swiss population sample of...

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Main Authors: En-Young N Wagner, Jan T Wagner, Jennifer Glaus, Caroline L Vandeleur, Enrique Castelao, Marie-Pierre F Strippoli, Peter Vollenweider, Martin Preisig, Roland von Känel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4395271?pdf=render