Table 2:
Nitric oxide, growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor-1, and insulin-like growth factor BP-3 levels of the patients with PD and healthy controls.
Patients
Controls
Nitric oxide (
𝜇
m
ol/L)
mea
n
±
S
D
2
.
3
±
0
,
4
2
.
8
±
0
.
6
∗
Growth hormone (ng/mL)
mea
n
±
S
D
0
.
9
±
0
.
9
0
.
7
±
1
.
2
Insulin-like growth factor-1 (ng/mL)
(mea
n
±
S
D)
1
3
2
±
4
2
1
1
3
±
5
1
Insulin-like growth factor BP-3 (
𝜇
g
/mL)
(mea
n
±
S
D)
3
.
4
±
0
.
8
3
.
7
±
1
∗
𝑃
:.011, P:.52, P:.087, P:.19, respectively.