Table 2.

Comparison between temperament and character inventory dimensions of female FMS patients with and without a current major depressive episode.

	MDE absent (N = 41)	MDE present (N = 28)	p value
Novelty seeking	16.63±5.24	15.18±4.73	0.364
NS1	6.00±2.10	4.68±2.50	0.032
NS2	3.51±2.17	3.61±1.77	0.785
NS3	4.66±2.33	4.36±2.31	0.639
NS4	2.46±1.91	2.54±1.75	0.813
Harm avoidance	18.37±6.85	23.79±6.90	0.001*
HA1	4.59±2.62	7.25±2.61	0.000
HA2	5.54±1.38	5.71±1.38	0.481
HA3	3.95±2.31	5.11±2.33	0.040
HA4	4.29±2.51	5.71±2.46	0.023
Reward dependence	14.32±3.62	13.39±3.52	0.201
RD1	7.10±1.73	7.43±1.95	0.452
RD3	4.54±2.32	3.18±2.16	0.018
RD4	2.68±1.39	2.79±1.60	0.900
Persistence	5.34±1.39	4.75±1.94	0.167
Self- directedness	31.34±6.86	25.39±7.21	0.001*
SD1	6.00±1.43	4.29±2.09	0.001
SD2	5.80±1.66	4.29±1.98	0.000
SD3	3.29±1.50	2.25±1.43	0.004
SD4	7.61±1.86	6.82±2.14	0.099
SD5	8.63±2.33	7.75±2.34	0.095
Cooperativeness	33.66±5.17	31.57±4.04	0.027*
C1	6.24±1.91	6.00±1.81	0.474
C2	5.00±1.30	4.54±1.17	0.186
C3	6.12±1.12	5.75±1.08	0.128
C4	9.07±1.21	8.75±1.27	0.229
C5	7.02±1.44	6.57±1.23	0.111
Self-transcendence	18.46±4.54	18.79±7.07	0.717
ST1	6.29±1.83	6.32±2.68	0.629
ST2	4.73±1.76	5.00±2.14	0.577
ST3	7.46±2.65	7.46±3.61	0.644

The Mann–Whitney test was used to compare the temperament and character inventory dimensions between FMS patients with and without current MDE.

*Indicates significant differences p < 0.05.

MDE, major depressive episode.