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Table 4 Associations of NF-κ B expression levels with clinical parameters. Shown are frequencies (%) or means and standard deviations of the indicated variables as well as their corresponding p values for the comparisons between the four groups of mucosal NF-κ B expression levels

From: Association between self-rated depressive symptoms and mucosal expression of NF-κ B in patients with upper gastrointestinal symptoms

 

NF-κ B immunopositivity

1

2

3

4

P-value

Sex [male, %]

67

50

100

50

0.292

Age [years]

56.1 ± 11.8

51.1 ± 17.1

55.0 ± 14.9

54.5 ± 29.0

0.801

Quick

103.1 ± 20.4

87.6 ± 19.1

86.8 ± 17.5

97 ± 0.0

0.262

INR

1.0 ± 0.1

1.1 ± 0.2

1.1 ± 0.2

1.0 ± 0.0

0.432

MCV [fl]

91.9 ± 5.0

82.4 ± 8.0

90.0 ± 4.4

87.5 ± 2.1

0.008

MCH [pg]

30.8 ± 1.8

27.1 ± 2.9

30.2 ± 1.8

28.9 ± 1.7

0.004

MCHC [g/dl]

33.5 ± 0.7

32.9 ± 0.9

33.6 ± 0.8

33.1 ± 1.0

0.281

Platelets [103/µl]

218.7 ± 79.7

227.2 ± 123.7

242.6 ± 49.2

533.0 ± 76.4

0.001

Leukocytes [103/µl]

6.9 ± 2.7

6.4 ± 2.1

8.1 ± 1.3

9.4 ± 3.4

0.322

Na+ [mmol/l]

138.7 ± 1.8

136.5 ± 5.3

141.4 ± 2.3

137.5 ± 6.4

0.114

K+ [mmol/l]

3.9 ± 0.4

4.2 ± 0.4

3.7 ± 0.2

4.9 ± 1.3

0.016

Creatinine [mg/dl]

0.9 ± 0.4

1.1 ± 0.5

0.9 ± 0.4

0.6 ± 0.2

0.408

MPO

1.9 ± 1.2

2.1 ± 0.9

2.2 ± 1.1

2.5 ± 0.7

0.823

iNOS

1.9 ± 0.7

2.4 ± 1.0

3.0 ± 0.7

4.0 ± 0.0

0.004

  1. MPO Myeloperoxidase, iNOS Inducible nitric oxide synthase, NF B Nuclear factor 'kappa-light-chain-enhancer' of activated B-cells