Table 4 Testing for significant parameters in the relationship between presence of depression and selected blood parameters
From: Association between symptoms of depression and inflammatory parameters in people aged over 90 years
Variable | Depression="Depression” | Depression="No depression” | p-value for Mann-Whitney test | FDR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Median | Q1–Q3 | N | Median | Q1–Q3 | |||
TNF_α (pg/mL) | 55 | 8.405 | 6.71–11.30 | 35 | 8.924 | 5.89–13.45 | 0.617 | 0.898 |
TGF_β1 (pg/mL) | 55 | 37,110 | 29350.50-46327.50 | 35 | 39,960 | 28994.25–47370.00 | 0.719 | 0.898 |
CRP (mg/L) | 55 | 6.38 | 2.41–11.83 | 35 | 7.91 | 3.45–13.66 | 0.454 | 0.898 |
Fibrinogen (µg/mL) | 55 | 40.89 | 40.81–41.05 | 35 | 40.97 | 40.89–41.05 | 0.102 | 0.898 |
IL_10 (pg/mL) | 55 | 2.467 | 1.60-25.39 | 35 | 3.107 | 1.60-17.52 | 0.806 | 0.898 |
IL_1α (pg/mL) | 55 | 1.1 | 1.10–1.10 | 35 | 1.1 | 1.10–1.10 | 0.898 | 0.898 |
IL_1β (pg/mL) | 55 | 0.35 | 0.35–0.35 | 35 | 0.35 | 0.35–0.35 | 0.606 | 0.898 |
IL_6 (pg/mL) | 55 | 20.27 | 13.20–48.00 | 35 | 27.16 | 7.82–57.95 | 0.769 | 0.898 |