Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 2 The correlation between BDNF and other variables

From: Assessment of brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in serum of children with autism spectrum disorders

Parameters	BDNF
Parameters	R-value	p-value
Child age (years)	0.151	0.250
Mother age (years)	0.172	0.190
Father age (years)	0.104	0.431
History of convulsions	0.162	0.217
EEG	0.155	0.238
CAR scale	0.408	< 0.001**
IQ test	− 0.165	0.207
Antipsychotics	0.060	0.650
Non-stimulants	− 0.118	0.371
Omega-3	− 0.265	0.040*
Behavioural therapy	− 0.139	0.288

Using: Spearman’s rank (rs)
**highly significant

Back to article page