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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 11.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2012 May 26;199(2):92–97. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.04.026

Table 2. PKC Isoenzyme Measures and BDNF Levels.

Mean values and standard deviations are shown for each measure. Statistical tests include age as a covariate

BPD HC F df p
Mean ± STD Mean ± STD
Males & Females
p-PKC-α 1.66 1.01 2.17 1.77 3.765 1,39 0.06
PKC-α 10.06 7.17 14.62 9.51 3.011 1,39 0.09
PKC-βII 4.17 3.65 4.49 4.28 0.518 1,39 ns
p-PKC-ε 4.22 7.77 3.11 3.92 0.083 1,39 ns
PKC-ε 3.90 9.92 2.96 5.43 0.171 1,39 ns
BDNF 6.29 9.57 7.96 8.84 0.299 1,39 ns
proBDNF 9.09 7.04 10.23 9.43 0.176 1,39 ns
Males
p-PKC-α 1.68 1.07 2.36 2.22 5.213 1,26 0.03
PKC-α 8.71 3.54 16.21 10.95 12.116 1,26 0.002
PKC-βII 4.06 3.20 5.45 5.27 3.814 1,26 0.06
p-PKC-ε 3.94 7.58 3.77 4.61 0.353 1,26 ns
PKC-ε 4.80 11.39 3.78 6.89 0.401 1,26 ns
BDNF 4.60 2.66 8.62 10.40 7.141 1,26 0.01
proBDNF 9.02 8.12 8.48 8.82 0.083 1,26 ns
Females
p-PKC-α 1.59 0.88 1.87 0.69 0.263 1,10 ns
PKC-α 14.14 12.94 12.12 6.69 0.320 1,10 ns
PKC-βII 4.49 5.13 2.98 1.06 0.902 1,10 ns
p-PKC-ε 5.17 9.26 1.66 0.66 1..572 1,10 ns
PKC-ε 1.21 0.28 1.66 1.12 0.999 1,10 ns
BDNF 11.34 18.89 6.93 6.27 0.657 1,10 ns
proBDNF 9.30 2.65 12.98 10.38 0.793 1,10 ns