TABLE 3.

Relative levels of BDNF in AD cases and controls according to the Bayesian quantile regression model.

	BDNF	Posterior Beta of [2(–ddct)]ʎ	SE	Adjusted P-value*	95% Crl for beta
Total	Group, case vs. control	–1.066	0.416	0.005	[−1.818, −0.197]
	Sex, female vs. male	0.078	0.364	0.835	[−0.598, 0.847]
	Age (years)	0.004	0.01	>0.999	[−0.014, 0.023]
	Group * sex	–0.187	0.468	0.491	[−1.091, 0.708]
Male	Case vs. control	–1.092	−0.267	0.048	[−0.267, −1.881]
Female	Case vs. control	–1.257	−0.658	0.007	[−0.658, −1.77]

*Estimated from frequentist methods; CrI, credible interval; ʎ, power transformation value estimated from Box-cox or Yeo-Johnson method.