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. 2026 Feb 16;4(3):427–438. doi: 10.1038/s44220-026-00585-w

Table 2.

Basic demographic1, exposure and outcome variables in full analytical sample, stratified by ancestry and year

EU sample (sample 1) Year 0 (n = 6,336) Year 2 (n = 4,617)
Mean cortical thickness (mean (s.d.)2) 2.74 (0.08) 2.70 (0.08)
Depression (mean (s.d.)) 53.60 (5.66) 53.94 (6.02)
Internalizing (mean (s.d.)) 48.70 (10.45) 48.30 (10.33)
Externalizing (mean (s.d.)) 45.42 (10.01) 44.47 (9.65)
Polygenic score for CRP (mean (s.d.)) −0.18 (0.93) −0.18 (0.93)
Age (years) 9.92 (0.63) 11.96 (0.65)
Sex at birth, female (%) 2,982 (47.1%) 2,080 (45.1%)
Body mass index (mean (s.d.)) 17.92 (3.31) 19.69 (4.01)
Non-EU sample (sample 2) Year 0 (n=4,878) Year 2 (n=3,206)
Mean cortical thickness (mean (s.d.)) 2.70 (0.08) 2.66 (0.08)
Depression (mean (s.d.)) 53.61 (5.80) 53.55 (5.83)
Internalizing (mean (s.d.)) 48.19 (10.91) 46.96 (10.76)
Externalizing (mean (s.d.)) 46.26 (10.74) 44.81 (10.18)
Polygenic score for CRP (mean (s.d.)) 0.25 (1.04) 0.24 (1.03)
Age (years) 9.90 (0.62) 11.94 (0.66)
Sex at birth, female (%) 2,347 (48.1%) 1,511 (47.1%)
Body mass index (mean (s.d.)) 19.78 (4.46) 21.66 (4.80)
Full meta-analysis sample Year 0 (n=11,214) Year 2 (n=7,823)
Mean cortical thickness (mean (s.d.)) 2.72 (0.08) 2.69 (0.08)
Depression (mean (s.d.)) 53.60 (5.72) 53.78 (5.95)
Internalizing (mean (s.d.)) 48.48 (10.66) 47.75 (10.53)
Externalizing (mean (s.d.)) 45.77 (10.34) 44.63 (9.87)
Polygenic score for CRP (mean (s.d.)) 0.00 (1.00) −0.01 (1.00)
Early-life infection, yes (%) 1,710 (16.7%) 1,218 (16.9%)
Age (years) 9.91 (0.63) 11.95 (0.65)
Sex at birth, female (%) 5,329 (47.5%) 3,591 (45.9%)
Body mass index (mean (s.d.)) 18.73 (3.96) 20.49 (4.45)

1Owing to page limitations, detailed socioeconomic variables (race/ethnicity, parental education and household income) are presented in Supplementary Table 14.

2s.d., standard deviation.