Table 4. Correlations of HAM-D21 Score, Hemorheologic Measures and WBC Count in MDD Subjects (N = 146).

Hemorheologic Measures before Treatment	HAM-D21 Score before Treatment		Change in Hemorheologic Measures with treatment	Change in HAM-D21 Score
	r	p †		r	p †
RBC count −106/µL	0.18	0.027	RBC count −106/µL	0.22	0.008
HGB – g/dL	0.14	0.105	HGB – g/dL	0.18	0.027
HCT −%	0.24	0.003	HCT −%	0.22	0.008
TSP – g/dL	0.26	0.002	TSP – g/dL	0.14	0.086
Albumin – g/dL	0.22	0.009	Albumin – g/dL	0.13	0.115
WBV – cP	0.29	<0.001	WBV – cP	0.21	0.010
			Plasma volume¶	0.20	0.017
WBC count −106/µL	0.21	0.010	WBC count −106/µL	0.23	0.007

^†p was based on Spearman partial correlation by controlling for age and gender.

^¶Plasma volume change % after treatment based on the method provided by Dill and Costill.²⁷