Statistical analysis for the qPCR experiments
| BV-2 qPCR (Fig. 1F) | |||||||
| Unpaired t test | Mean difference | 95.00% CI of difference | Significant? | Summary | p value | ||
| DMEM vs DMEM/F12 | –4.973 ± 0.4619 | –6.256 to –3.691 | Yes | *** | 0.0004 | ||
| BV-2 siRNA qPCR (Fig. 1L) | |||||||
| Tukey's multiple comparisons test | Mean difference | 95.00% CI of difference | Significant? | Summary | Adjusted p value | ||
| DMEM vs DMEM/F12 | 3.192 | –0.3346 to 6.718 | No | ns | 0.0719 | A-B | |
| DMEM vs siFat3 | –2.381 | –5.907 to 1.146 | No | ns | 0.1763 | A-C | |
| DMEM/F12 vs siFat3 | –5.572 | –9.099 to –2.046 | Yes | ** | 0.0068 | B-C | |
| BV-2 NEAAs metals others qPCR (Fig. 2B) | |||||||
| Dunnett's multiple comparisons test | Mean difference | 95.00% CI of difference | Significant? | Summary | Adjusted p value | A-? | |
| DMEM vs DMEM/F12 | 2.113 | 1.032 to 3.195 | Yes | *** | 0.0007 | B | DMEM/F12 |
| DMEM vs NEAAs | 0.5533 | –0.5281 to 1.635 | No | ns | 0.4259 | C | NEAAs |
| DMEM vs metals | 0.4133 | –0.6681 to 1.495 | No | ns | 0.6518 | D | Metals |
| DMEM vs others | 2.113 | 1.032 to 3.195 | Yes | *** | 0.0007 | E | Others |
| BV-2 others qPCR (Fig. 2C) | |||||||
| Dunnett's multiple comparisons test | Mean difference | 95.00% CI of difference | Significant? | Summary | Adjusted p value | C-? | |
| DMEM vs DMEM/F12 | 2.858 | 1.779 to 3.936 | Yes | **** | <0.0001 | A | DMEM/F12 |
| DMEM vs HYP | 6.176 | 5.098 to 7.255 | Yes | **** | <0.0001 | B | HYP |
| DMEM vs biotin | –0.5829 | –1.661 to 0.4955 | No | ns | 0.4517 | D | Biotin |
| DMEM vs linoleic | 1.584 | 0.5057 to 2.663 | Yes | ** | 0.0038 | E | Linoleic |
| DMEM vs VB12 | –0.9733 | –2.052 to 0.1052 | No | ns | 0.0839 | F | VB12 |
| DMEM vs lipoic | –0.6831 | –1.761 to 0.3954 | No | ns | 0.3094 | G | Lipoic |
| Primary microglia qPCR (Figure 2I) | |||||||
| Dunnett's multiple comparisons test | Mean difference | 95.00% CI of difference | Significant? | Summary | Adjusted p value | A-? | |
| DMEM vs DMEM/F12 | 1.35 | 0.629 to 2.06 | Yes | ** | 0.003 | B | DMEM/F12 |
| DMEM vs HYP | 1.15 | 0.436 to 1.87 | Yes | ** | 0.007 | C | HYP |