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. 2013 Aug 2;8(8):e71368. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071368

Table 1. Characteristics of patients with TRD or TSD and HS.

Variables(Mean±SD) TRD TSD HS P value
N (M/F) 23(11/12) 22(12/10) 19(10/9) 0.898a
Age, years 27.35±7.26 28.09±9.91 24.37±4.18 0.269b
Education, years 13.13±3.44 12.23±2.62 13.11±2.47 0.510b
Mean displacement (mm) 0.09±0.04 0.09±0.03 0.10±0.04 0.468b
Overall illness duration, months 27.43±35.89 2.95±1.73 0.004c
Current illness duration, months 12.22±6.08 2.95±1.73 <0.001c
HRSD score 24.52±4.17 25.89±6.26 0.407c
Factors of HRSD
1 Anxiety 6.96±1.89 7.78±2.16 0.202c
2 Weight loss 0.57±0.90 0.94±0.94 0.195c
3 Cognitive disturbance 5.39±1.70 6.28±1.93 0.127c
4 Retardation 7.96±1.52 7.67±1.94 0.595c
5 Sleep disturbance 3.65±2.01 3.17±1.47 0.395c
a

The P value for gender distribution in the three groups was obtained by chi-square test.

b

The P values were obtained by one-way analysis of variance tests.

c

The P values were obtained by two sample t-test.

TRD = treatment-resistant depression.

TSD = treatment-sensitive depression.

HS = healthy subjects.

HRSD = Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression.