| Baseline | Week 6 | Week 12 | Week 24 | Statistics | P |
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Mature BDNF (ng/mL), EMS (SE) | 12.7 (0.7) | 11.2 (0.7)a | 11.8 (0.7)a | 12.1 (0.7) | F = 3.5, df = 2.4 | 0.027* |
ProBDNF (pg/mL), median [quartiles] | 634.7 [92.4, 5381.8] | 507.9 [95.6, 4975.8] | 484.5 [82.5, 4471.0] | 463.5 [109.5, 4018.4]b | χ 2 = 8.5, df = 3 | 0.036* |
Ratio of mature BDNF/proBDNF, median [quartiles] | 22.7 [2.1, 135.6] | 27.0 [2.3, 115.5] | 29.3 [2.7, 127.8] | 30.4 [3.1, 153.6] | χ 2 = 1.6, df = 3 | 0.67 |