Table 2.

Differences in childhood trauma between MDD and HCs groups

Variables	HCs (n = 268)	MDD (n = 186)	t	Cohen’s d	p	q
CTQ-SF total scores	32.2 ± 6.79	42.6 ± 13	10.40	1.040	< 0.001	< 0.001
Emotional abuse	6.43 ± 1.91	8.85 ± 4.33	8.04	0.799	< 0.001	< 0.001
Physical abuse	5.80 ± 1.64	6.65 ± 2.85	3.70	0.368	< 0.001	< 0.001
Sexual abuse	5.29 ± 0.86	5.63 ± 1.50	2.71	0.270	< 0.001	0.007
Emotional neglect	8.24 ± 3.30	12.53 ± 5.08	10.40	1.030	< 0.001	< 0.001
Physical neglect	6.44 ± 2.08	8.98 ± 3.52	8.58	0.853	< 0.001	< 0.001
Reporting any trauma N (%)	18.3	56.5	-		-	-
Reporting multiple traumas N (%)	4.9	37.1	-		-	-
Number of traumas	0.25 ± 0.59	1.20 ± 1.32	9.62	0.956	< 0.001	< 0.001

HCs, healthy controls; MDD, major depressive disorder; CTQ-SF, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form; Data presented as mean ± standard deviation; q, p corrected by false discovery rates