Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants.

Variable	Healthy controls (n = 75)	Depression (n = 72)	p-values
Age, year, Mean ± SD	41.9 ± 6.9	39.3 ± 15.5	0.178
Sex (female/male); n/%	49/26 (65.3/34.7)	36/36 (50.0/50.0)	0.060
HAMD-24 total score, Mean ± SD	2.1 ±1.5	26.8 ±6.0	< 0.001
BMI, kg/m2, Mean ± SD	23.9 ± 2.1	22.2 ± 4.3	0.004