Table 1.

Characteristics of Study Participants

Characteristic	Control (n=12)	Interferon-alpha (n=12)	p-value
Age (mean, SD)	48.3 (7.7)	48.3 (3.6)	1.00
Gender (n, %) Males	6 (50.0)	9 (75.0)	0.40
Race (n, %)
Caucasian	6 (50.0)	4 (33.3)	0.68
Black	6 (50.0)	7 (58.3)
Asian	0 (0.0)	1 (8.3)
Education (n, %)
College (1 or more years)	10 (83.3)	7 (58.3)	0.37
Past MDD (n, %)	0 (0)	5 (41.7)	0.04
Past Substance Abuse (n, %)	6 (50)	6 (50)	1.00
MADRS (mean, SD)	3.2 (3.8)	8.3 (5.8)	0.02
BMI (mean, SD)	29.2 (5.6)	29.5 (4.5)	0.88
Baseline CRP (mg/L) (mean, SD)	0.78 (0.8)	0.87 (1.0)	0.80

SD-standard deviation; MDD-Major Depressive Disorder; MADRS-Montgomery Asberg Depression Scale; BMI-Body Mass Index; CRP-c-reactive protein