Table 2 Adolescent sample characteristics (n=129)

From: Associations between parenting behavior and anxiety in a rodent model and a clinical sample: relationship to peripheral BDNF levels

Variables

Sex

P -value

 

Male ( n =40)

Female ( n =89)

 

Age (years)a

12.77±2.24

13.62±2.46

0.064

Postpubertal

14 (35.0%)

40 (44.9%)

0.194

Menarche (yes)

—

57 (64.0%)

—

Anxiety casesb

17 (42.5%)

44 (49.4%)

0.295

Met carrierc

13 (32.5%)

31 (34.8%)

0.572

  1. χ2; *P<0.05.
  2. aData are expressed s mean±s.d.–Student’s t-test.
  3. bCutoff for scale SCARED obtained by receiver-operating characteristic curve (ROC).
  4. cBDNF Val66Met polymorphism.
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