Table 5.
Spearman’s rank correlations coefficient between elemental concentrations in PFC of BD patients and control subjects with age.
| Element | Control | Bipolar Disorder |
|---|---|---|
| Al (μg/g) | −0.277 | −0.074 |
| B (ng/g) | −0.176 | 0.160 |
| Ba (ng/g) | −0.056 | 0.482 |
| Be (μg/g) | 0.106 | −0.027 |
| Bi (ng/g) | −0.520 | -0.117 |
| Ca (μg/g) | −0.113 | 0.241 |
| Cd (ng/g) | 0.458 | −0.128 |
| Co (ng/g) | −0.198 | −0.163 |
| Cr (ng/g) | −0.221 | 0.348 |
| Cu (μg/g) | −0.208 | 0.032 |
| Fe (μg/g) | −0.084 | −0.135 |
| K (μg/g) | −0.374 | 0.329 |
| Li (μg/g) | −0.138 | 0.022 |
| Mg (μg/g) | −0.101 | 0.338 |
| Mn (ng/g) | 0.089 | 0.067 |
| Mo (ng/g) | −0.195 | 0.039 |
| Na (μg/g) | 0.256 | −0.030 |
| Ni (ng/g) | 0.111 | −0.118 |
| Pb (ng/g) | −0.029 | −0.037 |
| Rb (μg/g) | 0.108 | 0.391 |
| Sr (ng/g) | −0.031 | 0.205 |
| U (ng/g) | −0.061 | 0.313 |
| V (ng/g) | −0.106 | 0.174 |
| Zn (μg/g) | 0.048 | 0.460 |
Spearman’s rank correlations coefficient between brain element concentrations in control and BD samples and age before and after treatment were calculated using GraphPad Prism v 7.03.