Table 2. Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Participants.
| Healthy control (n=54) | MDD (All n=134 matched n=54) |
Statistics |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F or χ2 | df | p | |||
| All participants | |||||
| Age (years) | 34.42 (10.06) | 38.49 (11.09) | 0.6 | 186 | 0.4 |
| Gender (males/females) | 28/26 | 64 70 | 0.25 | 1 | 0.6 |
| HDRS score | 19.28 (3.47) | ||||
| Duration of illness (years) | 9.34 (10.38) | ||||
| Age and gender matched | |||||
| Age (years) | 34.42 (10.06) | 34.41 (8.9) | 2.19 | 106 | 0.7 |
| Gender (males/females) | 28/26 | 28/26 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| HDRS score | 18.74 (3.33) | ||||
| Duration of illness (years) | 7.77 (8.41) | ||||