Diagnosis | HC n = 38 | BD n = 17 | significant differences | ||||||
Sample name | young men n = 25 a | young women n = 10 b | old men n = 20 C | old women n = 20 d | young men n = 2 a | young women n = 10 b | old men n = 3 c | old women n = 2 d | |
Tryptophan (μM) | 63.92 ± 10.84 | 67.79 ± 9.30 | 68.89 ± 13.32 | 47.68 ± 7.19 | 57.71 ± 2.006 | 61.68 ± 16.96 | 78.50 ± 10.30 | 39.66 ± 11.91 | *1 |
Serotonin (nM) | 1.29 ± 1.97 | 42.90 ± 35.49 | 68.61 ± 90.31 | 4.49 ± 6.03 | 302.0 ± 45.28 | 459.7 ± 402.5 | 250.3 ± 184.6 | 200.5 ± 128.0 | *2 |
Kynurenine (nM) | 713.18 ± 136.02 | 1588.09 ± 313.52 | 1696.82 ± 1074.65 | 719.94 ± 173.87 | 1119.0 ± 161.08 | 1389.8 ± 342.36 | 2426.2 ± 628.86 | 914.89 ± 73.22 | *3 |
5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid (nM) | 9.00 ± 1.92 | 30.87 ± 9.55 | 33.15 ± 12.57 | 13.17 ± 3.30 | 10.62 ± 6.362 | 17.01 ± 13.09 | 29.83 ± 7.324 | 116.83 ± 27.63 | *4 |