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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Assessment of blood catecholamine and serotonin levels in anxiety and depressive disorders

Solovyova NV1 , Chuprova NA1 , Kochergina KV2 , Mitrofanov AA3 , Chausova SV4 , Kichuk IV4
About authors

1 Scientific Centre of Personalized Medicine, Moscow, Russia

2 Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Berezin Medical Institute, Moscow, Russia

3 Mental Health Research Center, Moscow, Russia

4 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Irina V. Kichuk
Ostrovityanova, 1, Moscow, 119021, Russia; ur.liam@aniri2liam

About paper

Author contribution: Solovyova NV, Kichuk IV — study concept and design; Solovyova NV, Kochergina KV, Mitrofanov AA, Kichuk IV — material collection and processing; Chuprova NA, Kochergina KV — statistical data processing; Mitrofanov AA, Kichuk IV, Solovyova NV, Kochergina KV — manuscript writing; Mitrofanov AA, Kichuk IV, Solovyova NV, Kochergina KV, Chausova SV — editing.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Joint Stock Company “Scientific Centre of Personalized Medicine” (protocol No. 33 dated 1 December 2025). The subjects’ personal data were hidden during the study. All the subjects submitted the informed consent for participation in the study.

Received: 2025-10-30 Accepted: 2025-12-08 Published online: 2025-12-19
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Table 1. Comparison of patients with clinical anxiety based on HADS-A with other patients
Note: р — asymptote (bilateral), U — Mann–Whitney U-test.
Table 2. Comparison of patients with clinical depression based on HADS-D with other patients
Note: р — asymptote (bilateral), U — Mann–Whitney U-test.
Table 3. Clinical depression prognosis (HADS-D) regression analysis results
Note: SE — standard error of the mean. Model characteristics: Х2 = 16.398, р = 0.001; –2 Log-likelihood=103.909.
Table 4. Comparison of patients with the clinical diagnoses of depression and anxiety based on biochemical indicators
Note: р — asymptote (bilateral), U — Mann–Whitney U-test.
Table 5. Comparison of patients with the clinical diagnoses of anxiety and “Other” based on biochemical indicators
Note: р — asymptote (bilateral), U — Mann–Whitney U-test.
Table 6. Comparison of patients with the clinical diagnoses of depression and “Other” based on biochemical indicators
Note: р — asymptote (bilateral), U — Mann–Whitney U-test.