Table 3 Characteristics of the individuals with autoantibodies giving score 3 by IHC or positive for known or to novel NSAbs at wave 3.

From: Novel neuronal surface autoantibodies in plasma of patients with depression and anxiety

No.

Sex

Age (year)

IHC score/patterna

Titer by IHC

CBA

Staining on live neurons

Diagnosisb

Anxiety/depression onset age (year)

Anti-depressants usage during the last 2 years

Fever/coldc

Chronic comorbidities

P1

Male

66

3/A

Not tested

Negative

Negative

Remitted depression

–/35

No

No

Rheumatism: fibromyalgia; hay fever, house dust allergy

P2

Female

46

3/B

12800

Negative

Positive

Current anxiety

8/–

No

Cold

Hay fever

P3

Male

55

3/B

6400

Negative

Positive

Current anxiety, remitted depression (single episode)

53/14

No

Cold

Hypertension

P4

Female

58

3/B

800

Negative

Positive

Current anxiety and depression

56/56

No

Cold

Chronic bronchitis; diarrhea; eczema; psoriasis

P5

Female

57

3/C

3200

Negative

Positive

Current anxiety

55/–

No

Cold

Hypertension; breast cancer; eczema; arthritis; renal pelvic inflammation with encapsulated kidney stone; chronic heart conditions (unspecified)

P6

Female

31

3/C

3200

Negative

Positive

Current anxiety, remitted depression (single episode)

29/20

No

No

No

P7

Female

58

3/C

Not tested

Negative

Negative

Remitted anxiety and depression

16/36

No

No

Diabetes; arthritis; benign connective tissue tumor; allergy

P8

Male

66

3/D

Not tested

Negative

Negative

Current depression

–/45

Yes

No

No

P9

Male

56

2/E

1600

Negative

Positive

Current anxiety, remitted depression (single episode)

48/28

No

No

Eczema

P10

Female

36

2/F

1600

Negative

Positive

Current anxiety and depression

35/34

No

No

Chronic heart conditions (unspecified); ligament injury

P11

Male

53

1/H

Not tested

CASPR2 positive (live and fixed CBA)

Negative

Remitted depression

–/51

Yes

No

Hypertension; asthma; arthritis; hay fever;

P12

Male

66

2/GAD pattern

Not tested

GAD65/67 positive

Negative

Current depression

–/61

No

No

Diabetes, hypertension; arteriosclerosis, heart disease, chronic bronchitis; rheumatism; arthritis; constipation;

C1

Male

20

2/K

400

Negative

Positive

None (Control group)

–/–

No

No

Injury (overloading of the knee)

  1. aIHC novel pattern: 11 different novel IHC patterns were found in this study (see Fig. 1, AK).
  2. bCurrent: diagnosed with depression and/or anxiety within 6-month when blood samples were collected. Remitted: diagnoses with depression and/or anxiety earlier in life but no diagnoses of depression or anxiety within 6-month when blood samples were collected.
  3. cHad a fever or a cold in the past week before the blood sample was drawn based on questionnaires.