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Table 1 A comparison of blood serum corticosterone concentrations among different experimental groups

From: Impact of chronic psychological stress on platelet membrane fatty acid composition in a rat model of type 1 diabetes Mellitus

Blood serum

(Units)

Median, minimum, maximum,

interquartile range

Control group (n = 9)1

Stress group (n = 10)2

T1DM group (n = 8)3

T1DM + Stress group (n = 8)4

P-values*

Corticosterone (ng/mL)

Median

326.10

549.30

149.45

126.65

1 vs. 2 = 0.148

1vs 3 = 0.031

1 vs. 4 = 0.219

2 vs. 3 = 0.031

2 vs. 4 = 0.008

3 vs. 4 = 1.00

Minimum

16.02

28.08

51.26

56.28

Maximum

632.90

899.40

515.20

640.90

IQR

95.25

307.91

174.57

43.81

  1. T1DM – type 1 diabetes mellitus, IQR – interquartile range. * Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon test
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