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Published in final edited form as: Brain Behav Immun. 2012 Dec 1;28:49–53. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2012.11.009

Table.

	Depression (N=15)	Control (N=70)
Mean Age (years)	30.7 ± 10.0	27.8± 6.8	p=.549
Gender: % Male	60.0	62.2	p=.836
% living in catchment area	80.0	68.6	p=.378
Mean BMI	23.4 ± 4.1	23.7 ± 2.9	p=.766
Mean number of cigarettes/day	9.9± 12.7	6.2 ± 8.3	p=.219
Cortisol (µg/dL)	19.2 ± 8.6	22.1± 6.3	p=.130
Mean fasting glucose (mg/dL)	84.9.4 ± 11.2	83.4 ± 6.8	p=.632
Impaired fasting glucose %	13	0	p=.002
Mean two hour glucose (mg/dL)	125.0± 67.9	84.6± 25.6	p<.001
Impaired glucose tolerance/Diabetes %	20	4	p=.035
Mean telomere content^**	87.9±7.6	101.2±14.3	p=.009
Mean White Blood Cell count (10⁹/L)	6.4±1.3	7.1±1.8	p=.182
Mean lymphocyte count (10⁹/L)	2.1±0.6	2.5±0.7	p=.028

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For TC (Depression N=9 and Control N=48)