Table 4.

Correlation between Klotho protein and FGF23 protein, TGF-β protein, caspase-3 protein, c-fos and BDNF gene expression (n = 3 and technical replication is 3)

Correlation measured factors (Pearson coefficients correlation)
FGF23	TGF-β	Caspase-3	c-fos gene expression	BDNF gene expression
Klotho
Hippocampus
r = 0.81	r = 0.65	r = 0.83	r = 0.81	r = 0.64
P = 0.000	P = 0.003	P = 0.001	P = 0.000	P = 0.000
Prefrontal cortex
r = 0.63	r = 0.64	r = 0.80	r = 0.80	r = 0.66
P = 0.000	P = 0.001	P = 0.001	P = 0.000	P = 0.000

P value less than 0.05 considered significant