SLE patients show increased arterial stiffness compared to a healthy population. Patients treated with antimalarial drugs show lower arterial stiffness. Age, IgM-ß2-GLP-I and the number of small dense HDL particles predicted the AIx. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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ResumenEl objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar en muestras clínicas y de universitarios mexicanos, las propiedades psicométricas de la Escala de Miedo a la Evaluación Negativa versión breve (BFNE), así como estudiar su utilidad diagnóstica al establecer un punto de corte que discrimine entre fobia social y trastorno de ansiedad generalizada. Los participantes fueron estudiantes universitarios, sujetos con fobia social y personas con trastorno de ansiedad generalizada. Se llevaron a cabo las siguientes actividades: 1) Proporcionar la media y desviación estándar del BFNE, para cada una de las muestras. 2) Confirmar la estructura interna de la escala. 3) Evaluar la consistencia interna. 4) Analizar la confiabilidad test-retest. 5) Estudiar la validez convergente y divergente. 6) Realizar un análisis de curvas ROC, en donde se establezca un punto de corte que sea capaz de discriminar entre sujetos con fobia social de aquellos que padecen trastorno de ansiedad generalizada. Se concluye que la Escala de Miedo a la Evaluación Negativa versión breve (BFNE) es una medida válida y confiable, capaz de detectar con gran eficacia la presencia de fobia social en las muestras estudiadas. Palabras clave: fobia social, trastorno de ansiedad social, miedo a la evaluación negativa, psicometría, BFNE BRIEF VERSION OF THE FEAR OF NEGATIVE EVALUATION SCALE (BFNE): PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES IN CLINICAL AND UNIVERSITY STUDENT SAMPLES IN MEXICO AbstractThe aim of the present study is to analyze the psychometric properties of the Brief version of the Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (BNFE) in clinical and university student samples in Mexico, as well as to assess their diagnostic value by establishing a cut-off score that discriminates between social phobia and generalized anxiety disorder. The sample of participants consisted of university students, subjects with social phobia and people with generalized anxiety disorder. The following activities were carried out: 1) To obtain the BFNE mean score and standard deviation for each sample, 2) To confirm the internal structure of scale. 3) To assess the internal consistency. 4) To analyze the test-retest reliability; 5) To examine the convergent and divergent validity. 6) To establish, by means of ROC analysis, a cut-off score that is able to discriminate between subjects with social phobia and those with generalized anxiety disorder. It is possible to conclude that the Brief version of the Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (BFNE) is a reliable and valid measure, and it is able to detect effectively the social phobia in the studied samples.