Diagnostic role of serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor in HCV cirrhotic patients with minimal hepatic encephalopathy with and without schistosomiasis

Egyptian Liver Journal

Table 4 Relation between psychometric tests and BDNF

BDNF (pg/ml)	Group 1 (n = 20)	Psychometric test (group 2 + 3)		Group 4 (n = 20)	H	p
BDNF (pg/ml)	Group 1 (n = 20)	Deficient (n = 21)	Normal (n = 19)	Group 4 (n = 20)	H	p
Min. – Max	36.34 – 252.65	59.09–252.26	85.0–475.06	211.80–408.31	36.456^*	< 0.001^*
Median (IQR)	126.69 (91.63–202.92)	123.24 (103.15–171.20)	163.01 (126.17–249.58)	261.72 (247.46–282.67)	36.456^*	< 0.001^*
p₀	< 0.001^*	< 0.001^*	0.002^*
Sig. bet. Grps	p₁ = 0.923, p₂ = 0.046^, p₃ = 0.034^

IQR Interquartile range, SD Standard deviation, H Kruskal–Wallis test, pairwise comparison bet. each 2 groups was done using post hoc test (Dunn’s for multiple comparisons test); p, p value for comparing between the different studied groups; p₀, p value for comparing between group 4 and each other group; p₁, p value for comparing between group 1 and deficient; p₂, p value for comparing between group 1 and normal; p₃, p value for comparing between deficient and normal
^*Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05