Table 5.

Plasma BDNF concentration in asthma patients and healthy subjects carrying different NTRK2 rs1439050 genotypes and alleles.

NTRK2 rs1439050 Polymorphism		Asthma Patients		Healthy Subjects
		Plasma BDNF Concentration (pg/mL) Median (25%; 75%)	Statistical Analysis	Plasma BDNF Concentration (pg/mL), Median (25%; 75%)	Statistical Analysis
Genotypes	GG	0.81 (0.59; 1.15)	p = 0.13 Kruskal-Wallis test	0.59 (0.49; 0.94)	p = 0.42 Kruskal-Wallis test
	GT	0.97 (0.63; 1.37)		0.59 (0.39; 0.84)
	TT	0.51 (0.41; 1.37)		0.65 (0.30; 1.48)
Carriers	G	0.91 (0.61; 1.22)	p = 0.23; U = 241.5 Mann-Whitney test	0.59 (0.45; 0.90)	p = 0.52; U = 336.5 Mann-Whitney test
	TT	0.51 (0.41; 1.37)		0.65 (0.30; 1.48)
	T	0.97 (0.58; 1.37)	p = 0.21; U = 1550 Mann-Whitney test	0.60 (0.39; 0.88)	p = 0.36; U = 1623 Mann-Whitney test
	GG	0.81 (0.59; 1.15)		0.59 (0.49; 0.94)