Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample
| Group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asthma | MDD | RMD | NC | |
| Gender, n | ||||
| Male | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Female | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Age, years | 39.15 (8.43) | 40.60 (9.23) | 39.95 (11.62) | 38.45 (7.69) |
| Educationd | 3.35 (1.31) | 3.10 (1.55) | 2.95 (1.05) | 3.50 (0.95) |
| SAM valence | ||||
| SRET | 3.45 (1.23) | 2.65 (1.31) | 2.85 (1.27) | 3.30 (2.00) |
| Dot-probe | 3.60 (1.31) | 3.00 (1.52) | 3.05 (1.47) | 3.45 (1.64) |
| Stroop | 3.90 (1.41) | 2.65 (1.50) | 3.00 (1.34) | 3.90 (1.89) |
| SAM arousal | ||||
| SRET | 4.00 (2.33) | 5.90 (2.00) | 5.10 (2.17) | 3.95 (2.13) |
| Dot-probe task | 4.10 (2.34) | 5.15 (2.01) | 5.05 (2.16) | 4.35 (2.08) |
| Stroop task | 4.00 (2.29) | 5.25 (2.43) | 4.75 (1.10) | 4.00 (1.95) |
| ADS | 6.95 (4.89)a,c | 28.40 (13.72)b | 10.65 (5.16)c | 4.85 (5.11)a |
| BDI | 3.35 (3.36)a | 21.05 (11.36)b | 8.75 (6.72)c | 2.50 (5.34)a |
| BAI | 4.55 (5.10)a | 10.25 (5.60)b | 5.75 (5.23)c | 1.90 (2.94)a |
| BSI-GSI, T score | 47.60 (10.71)a | 72.05 (7.97)b | 58.85 (12.58)c | 41.45 (9.67)a |
MDD, Major depressive disorder; RMD, remitted depressed; NC, non-psychiatric healthy controls; SAM, Self-Assessment Manikin (dimensions valence and arousal); SRET, Self-Referential Encoding and Incidental Recall Task; ADS, Allgemeine Depressionsskala; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory; BSI, Brief Symptom Inventory; GSI, Global Severity Index.
Values are given as mean (standard deviation) unless otherwise indicated.
a,b,c
Different superscripts within rows indicate significant group differences (p ≤ 0.05).
d
Education was assessed on a four-point scale, with higher numbers representing a higher level of education.