Table 2 Serum biomarkers in parkinson’s disease (PD) patients, divided into those with high levels of mood + chronic fatigue symptoms (High MOOD + CFS) and those with lower MOOD + CFS symptoms (low MOOD + CFS), and healthy controls (HC).

From: Affective and chronic fatigue symptoms are associated with serum neuronal damage markers in Parkinson’s disease

Parameters

HC A

PD, Low MOOD + CFS B

PD, High

MOOD + CFS C

F

p

Magnesium mM

0.93 (0.02)

0.98 (0.03)

0.95 (0.03)

1.28

0.282

Calcium mM

2.38 (0.03) B, C

2.18 (0.03) A

2.23 (0.04) A

13.96

< 0.001

HOMA2%S

110.62 (6.74) B, C

82.39 (8.34) A

77.81 (9.64) A

5.46

0.005

HOMA2IR

1.16 (0.09) B, C

1.54 (0.12) A

1.73 (0.13) A

7.15

0.001

Copper mg/l

0.83 (0.04)

0.91 (0.05)

0.98 (0.06)

2.11

0.126

Zinc mg/l

0.75 (0.03)

0.77 (0.03)

0.748 (0.04)

0.08

0.923

NSE ng/ml *

0.66 (0.07) B, C

0.91 (0.09) A, C

1.50 (0.10) A, B

33.52

< 0.001

S100B pg/ml

29.13 (1.95) B, C

39.80 (2.42) A, C

51.42 (2.79) A, B

22.17

< 0.001

pTau217 pg/ml *

3.51 (0.27) B, C

4.48 (0.34) A

4.92 (0.39 ) A

4.78

0.010

GFAP pg/ml *

3.15 (0.60) B, C

5.87 (0.74) A

5.26 (0.85) A

6.07

0.003

IL-6 pg/ml *

3.85 (0.73)

6.10 (0.90)

5.83 (1.04)

0.38

0.682

IL-10 pg/ml *

3.34 (0.62) B, C

5.53 (0.77) A, C

9.07 (0.89) A, B

26.81

< 0.001

Comp_GPT (z score)

-0.55 (0.51) B, C

0.21 (1.01) A, C

0.82 (1.08) A, B

28.24

< 0.001

Comp_IRS index (z score)

-0.96 (1.77) B, C

0.50 (2.40) A, C

1.26 (2.26) A, B

12.83

< 0.001

  1. *: Processed in Log10 transformation, the degree of freedom (df) of all variables is 2/123, except for Comp_GPT and Comp_IRS index, namely 2/127. A, B, C: Significant pairwise comparisons (p < 0.05). All data are shown as marginal estimated mean (SE).
  2. HOMA2IR: Homeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance (HOMA2), NSE: neuron-specific enolase, GFAP: Glial fibrillary acidic protein, IL-6: interleukin-6, p-tau217: phosphorylated tubulin associated unit, S100B: S100 calcium-binding protein B, Comp_GPF: a composite based on GFAP, NSE, and S100B, reflecting glial cell projection damage; Comp_IRS: a composite based on IL-6, IL-10, zinc and calcium reflecting immune-inflammatory activation.