Research Article
Normal Metabolic Levels in Prefrontal Cortex in Euthymic Bipolar I Patients with and without Suicide Attempts
Table 2
Medial orbital prefrontal cortex metabolic levels between bipolar patients with and without suicide attempt and healthy controls (mmol/l ± SD).
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Metabolic levels | BD I patients | HC |
Statistics | Suicidal = 17 mean (SD) | Nonsuicidal = 19 mean (SD) | = 16 mean (SD) |
| NAA | 2.79 ± 0.58 | 2.95 ± 0.58 | 3.12 ± 0.54 | , | Myo-inositol | 0.88 ± 0.42 | 0.97 ± 0.42 | 0.93 ± 0.41 | , | Choline | 1.32 ± 0.37 | 1.36 ± 0.42 | 1.27 ± 0.31 | , | Creatine | 1.53 ± 0.39 | 1.70 ± 0.53 | 1.63 ± 0.43 | , | NAA/creatine | 1.86 ± 0.36 | 1.85 ± 0.39 | 1.93 ± 0.51 | , | Choline/creatine | 0.86 ± 0.17 | 0.81 ± 0.14 | 0.78 ± 0.11 | , | Myo-inositol/creatine | 0.61 ± 0.31 | 0.63 ± 0.35 | 0.59 ± 0.27 | , | Choline | 2.79 ± 0.58 | 2.95 ± 0.58 | 3.12 ± 0.54 | , | Creatine | 0.88 ± 0.42 | 0.97 ± 0.42 | 0.93 ± 0.41 | , |
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Significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). Degrees of freedom = 1. NAA: N-acetyl-aspartate. HC: Healthy controls.
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