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. 2024 Mar 18;14:150. doi: 10.1038/s41398-024-02873-4

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical information, as well as actigraphy data between controls and MDD subjects.

Controls (N = 76) MDD (N = 80) P
Age, mean (SD), y 50.17 (12.04) 49.94 (11.04) 0.76
Female, N (%) 48 (63.2) 58 (72.5) 0.21
17-HDS score, mean (SD) 1.61 (2.04) 8.16 (5.75) <0.001***
Remission, % / 50.0 /
Psychomotor retardation, N (%) / 3 (3.75) /
Psychomotor agitation, N (%) / 3 (3.75) /
HADS-D score, mean (SD) 3.36 (2.74) 8.04 (4.07) <0.001***
HADS-A score, mean (SD) 3.70 (2.80) 8.13 (4.24) <0.001***
rMEQ, mean (SD) 16.11 (3.21) 13.22 (4.43) <0.001***
ISI, mean (SD) 5.77 (5.00) 10.45 (5.97) <0.001***
Marital status, % 0.23
  Married/Cohabitating 67.1 57.5
  Divorced/Never married/Widowed 32.9 42.5
Employment status, yes, % 60.3 56.8 0.67
Secondary school or above, % 94.6 94.6 >0.99
Family income monthly <15,000 HKD, % 14.9 33.3 0.010*
Medication /
  Antidepressants, % / 63.7
  Anxiolytics, % / 22.5
  Antipsychotics, % / 15.0
  Mood stabilizer, % / 1.3
Physical activity
Whole week
  Average cpm, mean (SD) 170.22 (44.40) 159.12 (53.68) 0.13
  %mobile, mean (SD) 62.53 (5.45) 59.59 (7.55) 0.006**
During active period
  Average cpm, mean (SD) 240.79 (57.15) 239.23 (79.22) 0.64
  %mobile, mean (SD) 83.79 (6.86) 83.06 (7.80) 0.85
During rest period
  Average cpm, mean (SD) 20.16 (8.43) 24.65 (15.74) 0.18
  %mobile, mean (SD) 17.38 (5.18) 18.08 (8.60) 0.86
  Duration, mean (SD), min 457.25 (51.73) 478.57 (58.76) 0.027*
Sleep and circadian markers
Sleep estimation
 Sleep duration, mean (SD), minutes 376.84 (45.84) 387.28 (60.41) 0.26
 Sleep efficiency, mean (SD), % 82.51 (5.79) 81.03 (8.89) 0.59
 Intra-individual variability of sleep duration, mean (SD) 0.14 (0.082) 0.17 (0.10) 0.093
 Sleep midpoint, mean (SD), Dec. hours 3.83 (1.03) 4.28 (1.50) 0.047*
 Intra-individual variability of sleep midpoint, mean (SD), Dec. hours 0.67 (0.55) 0.68 (0.41) 0.57
Circadian rhythm
 Cosinor analysis
  MESOR, mean (SD), counts 170.87 (44.77) 160.26 (53.88) 0.15
  Acrophase, mean (SD), Dec. hours 14.92 (1.59) 15.49 (1.62) 0.024*
  Magnitude, mean (SD), counts 128.97 (47.91) 120.78 (47.08) 0.27
 Nonparametric analysis
  IS, mean (SD) 0.56 (0.12) 0.56 (0.13) 0.97
  IV, mean (SD) 0.95 (0.24) 0.89 (0.20) 0.12
  L5, mean (SD), counts 17.01 (15.03) 19.42 (17.46) 0.65
  L5 midpoint, mean (SD), Dec. hours 3.95 (1.72) 4.27 (2.02) 0.14
  M10, mean (SD), counts 268.87 (77.50) 252.09 (86.14) 0.20
  M10 midpoint, mean (SD), Dec. hours 14.52 (2.20) 15.03 (2.34) 0.14
  RA, mean (SD) 0.88 (0.088) 0.86 (0.099) 0.14

17-HDS 17-item Hamilton depression scale, HADS-D Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale—Depression subscale, HADS-A Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale—Anxiety subscale, rMEQ The reduced Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire, ISI Insomnia Severity Index, cpm activity counts per minute, MESOR mean activity count of the fitted 24 h rhythm pattern, Acrophase the time of peak activity, Magnitude the difference between the peak and MESOR, IS interdaily stability, IV intradaily variability, L5 the least active 5-h period, M10 the most active 10-h period, RA relative amplitude. ***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05.