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. 2025 Feb 19;15(2):99996. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i2.99996

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical information of patients with major depressive disorders

Items
Overall MDD group (n = 206)
Subgroup based on follow-up data (n = 119)
Sig.
Age (years) 23 (10) 22 (9) 0.132
Years of education 14.52 ± 2.55 14.33 ± 2.66 0.530
BMI (kg/m2) 22.02 ± 4.34 22.43 ± 4.78 0.424
Gender (female), No. (%) 148 (71.8) 87 (73.1) 0.806
Marriage (unmarried), No. (%) 156 (75.7) 94 (79.0) 0.713
Ethnicity (Han), No. (%) 187 (90.8) 109 (91.6) 0.803
History of drinking, No. (%) 39 (18.9) 22 (18.5) 0.983
History of smoking, No. (%) 31 (15.0) 17 (14.3) 0.947
Depressive episodes 2 (1) 2 (1) 0.493
HAMD-17 score at baseline 21.24 ± 5.28 21.94 ± 5.05 0.557
HAMD-17 score at the end of follow-up1 NA 10.88 ± 7.12 < 0.001a
HAMA score at baseline 21.38 ± 7.54 21.51 ± 7.58 0.883
HAMA score at the end of follow-up1 NA 11.69 ± 7.74 < 0.001a
BSSI score at baseline 8.07 ± 7.68 7.57 ± 7.52 0.568
BSSI score at the end of follow-up1 (n = 66) NA 5.67 ± 7.10 0.004a
SDS score at baseline 18.50 ± 5.96 19.01 ± 6.07 0.466
SDS score at the end of follow-up1 NA 11.91 ± 7.57 < 0.001a
PDQ-5 score at baseline 11.88 ± 3.54 11.69 ± 3.46 0.630
PDQ-5 score at the end of follow-up1 NA 8.27 ± 4.58 < 0.001a
Antidepressants at baseline
SSRIs, No. (%) 66 (32) 43 (36.1) 0.451
SNRIs, No. (%) 20 (9.7) 12 (10.1) 0.913
SARIs, No. (%) 98 (47.6) 62 (52.1) 0.432
Others2, No. (%) 14 (6.8) 7 (5.9) 0.747
Antidepressants at the end of follow-up
SSRIs, No. (%) NA 67 (32.5) NA
SNRIs, No. (%) NA 18 (8.7) NA
SARIs, No. (%) NA 86 (41.7) NA
Others2, No. (%) NA 21 (17.6) NA
Neuroticism score at baseline 44.92 ± 5.97 45.05 ± 5.70 0.919
T-AI score at baseline 59.98 ± 7.06 60.15 ± 6.80 0.824
PSS score at baseline 24.76 ± 4.96 24.83 ± 5.28 0.899
S-AI score at baseline 56.64 ± 8.67 56.47 ± 8.06 0.858
a

P < 0.05.

1

Comparison of clinical manifestations between baseline and the end of the 8-week follow-up.

2

Others include Noradrenergic and Specific Serotonergic Antidepressants and Norepinephrine-Dopamine Reuptake Inhibitors.

BMI: Body mass index; HAMD-17: 17-item Hamilton Depression Scale; HAMA: Hamilton Anxiety Scale; BSSI: Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation; SDS: Sheehan Disability Scale; PDQ-5: Perceived Deficits Questionnaire five-item version; SSRIs: Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors; SNRIs: Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors; SARIs: Serotonin Receptor Antagonists and Reuptake Inhibitors; T-AI: Trait Anxiety Inventory of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; PSS: Perceived Stress Scale; S-AI: State Anxiety Inventory of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; NA: Not available.