Table 1.
Demographic and clinical features of the recruited subjects.
| Variable | HCs | DPs | KXS | DP/HC |
KXS/DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p value | p value | ||||
| Microarray analysis and RT–PCR validation | |||||
| Sample size | 22 | 22 | 21 | – | – |
| Sex (M/F) | 6/16 | 5/17 | 5/16 | – | – |
| Age (year) | 42.33 ± 2.76 | 45.93 ± 2.73 | 45.93 ± 2.73 | 0.3621 | – |
| BMI | 23.90 ± 0.80 | 24.86 ± 0.73 | 24.86 ± 0.73 | 0.3878 | – |
| HAMD score | 0 | 18.20 ± 0.33 | 1.73 ± 0.45 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
Two-tailed Student's t-test was performed to calculate the statistical significance of the differences in the continuous variables (age, BMI, and HAMD scores); chi-square analysis was performed to calculate the statistical significance of the differences in the categorical variables (sex). HCs: healthy controls, DPs: depressed patients, KXS: depressive patients treated with KXS.