Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of subjects

		Pediatric MDD patients (N = 16)	Healthy controls (N = 38)
Age (years) (sd)		13.19 (2.45)	13.88 (2.66)
Male Gender (%)		11 (69%)	19 (50%)
Education (years) (sd)		7.07 (2.79)	7.89 (2.72)
Petersen Puberty score (sd)		6.75 (2.98)	7.74 (2.91)
Right Handed (%)		15 (92%)	35 (92%)
Years of schooling		7.07 (2.79)	7.89 (2.72)
Hollingshead SES		46.58 (12.56)	45.21 (14.60)
Age of onset (years) (sd)		10.31 (2.50)	-
Duration of illness (months) (sd)		28.50 (11.50)	-
Number of episodes(sd)		1.64 (1.64)	-
Medicated (%)		7 (44%)	-
CDRS score(sd)		42.56 (16.77)	-
HAM-D		11.50 (6.42)	-
CGI Depression		2.75 (1.48)	-
CGI Mania		1.25 (0.78)	-
Family History of Mood disorder (%)		15 (94%)	0
First Degree relative with a Mood Disorder (%)		15 (94%)	0
Ethnicity	(%)
	Hispanic	6 (38%)	26 (68%)
	Non-Hispanic White	8 (50%)	6 (16%)
	African American	1 (6%)	4 (10%)
	Other	1 (6%)	2 (5%)