Table 2 Regression analyses of telomere length and mtDNA copy number of post-mortem dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) in suicide completers and controls.

From: Aberrant telomere length and mitochondrial DNA copy number in suicide completers

 

Telomere length

mtDNA copy number

βa

s.e.

t

p valueb

βa

s.e.

t

p valueb

Total samples (n = 45); Suicide completers (n = 20) and Controls (n = 25)

—Phenotype (Suicide vs. Control)

−0.3006

0.0875

−3.436

0.0014

−0.2803

0.0929

−3.018

0.0044

—Age

−0.0064

0.0026

−2.462

0.0182

−0.0045

0.0028

−1.633

0.1102

—Sex (Male vs. Female)

−0.0552

0.0918

−0.601

0.5510

−0.1333

0.0975

−1.368

0.1790

—PMI

0.0035

0.0050

0.707

0.4835

−0.0001

0.0053

−0.006

0.9951

  1. Abbreviations: PMI, post-mortem interval; s.e., standard error. aβ means regression coefficient derived from generalized linear models. bp values shown in bold are significant at <0.05.