Table 3.

The association between relative expressions of VDR-associated genes and BD based on the results of Bayesian Quantile regression model. When the interaction effects were significant, subgroup analysis by sex was performed to interpret the associations

Comparisons		Posterior Beta of (2(−ddct))ʎ	SE	Adjusted P-valuea	95% Credible Intervals for Beta
SNHG6
Total	Patients vs. healthy subjects	1.299	0.2	< 0.0001	[0.89, 1.7]
	Females vs. Males	0.016	0.08	0.736	[-0.14, 0.18]
	Age (years)	-0.001	0.003	> 0.999	[-0.01, 0.005]
	Group a Sex	-0.539	0.13	0.04	[-0.78, -0.29]
Male	Patients vs. healthy subjects	0.772	0.1	< 0.0001	[0.58, 0.98]
	Age	-0.001	0.004	0.972	[-0.01, 0.01]
Female	Patients vs. healthy subjects	0.223	0.1	0.023	[0.04, 0.43]
	Age	-0.001	0.005	0.967	[-0.01, 0.01]
CYP27B1
Total	Patients vs. healthy subjects	0.415	0.07	< 0.0001	[0.28, 0.56]
	Females vs. Males	0.083	0.07	0.08	[-0.05, 0.21]
	Age (years)	0.003	0.003	0.19	[-0.002, 0.01]
	Group a Sex	-0.289	0.12	0.046	[-0.52, -0.06]
Male	Patients vs. healthy subjects	0.404	0.06	< 0.0001	[0.28, 0.53]
	Age	0.002	0.003	0.717	[-0.01, 0.01]
Female	Patients vs. healthy subjects	0.189	0.1	0.419	[-0.05, 0.36]
	Age	0.0001	0.006	0.178	[-0.01, 0.02]
MALAT1
Total	Patients vs. healthy subjects	0.694	0.1	< 0.0001	[0.5, 0.88]
	Females vs. Males	-0.019	0.08	0.624	[-0.18, 0.14]
	Age (years)	-0.003	0.003	0.294	[-0.01, 0.004]
	Group a Sex	-0.501	0.14	0.021	[-0.77, -0.23]
Male	Patients vs. healthy subjects	0.712	0.1	< 0.0001	[0.52, 0.9]
	Age	-0.002	0.004	0.439	[-0.01, 0.01]
Female	Patients vs. healthy subjects	0.186	0.13	0.096	[-0.07, 0.44]
	Age	-0.003	0.007	0.541	[-0.02, 0.01]
Linc00346
Total	Patients vs. healthy subjects	0.4	0.09	0.012	[0.21, 0.56]
	Females vs. Males	-0.041	0.07	0.078	[-0.17, 0.1]
	Age (years)	0.003	0.001	0.588	[-0.003, 0.01]
	Group a Sex	-0.251	0.12	0.012	[-0.48, -0.02]
Male	Patients vs. healthy subjects	0.41	0.08	0.038	[0.23, 0.56]
	Age	0.007	0.001	0.238	[-0.003, 0.02]
Female	Patients vs. healthy subjects	0.147	0.08	0.17	[-0.01, 0.3]
	Age	0.002	0.001	0.695	[-0.01, 0.01]
VDR
Total	Patients vs. healthy subjects	0.683	0.21	0.001	[0.29, 1.1]
	Females vs. Males	-0.088	0.12	0.292	[-0.33, 0.17]
	Age (years)	-0.006	0.01	0.596	[-0.02, 0.01]
	Group a Sex	-0.45	0.24	0.16	[-0.93, 0.004]
Linc00511
Total	Patients vs. healthy subjects	0.019	0.08	0.920	[-0.13, 0.18]
	Females vs. Males	0.015	0.1	0.175	[-0.18, 0.22]
	Age (years)	0.007	0.001	0.006	[0.001, 0.01]
	Group a Sex	0.088	0.13	0.658	[-0.17, 0.34]

^aEstimated from frequentist methods, ʎ: Power transformation value estimated from Box-cox or Yeo-Johnson methods