Table 1. Demographic data and clinical variables between rTMS responders and non-responders.
| rTMS responders | rTMS non-responders | t or χ2 | P | |
| Gender (Female, %) | 70.6% | 92.3% | 2.172 | 0.196 |
| Age (y/o) | 51.9 (10.5) | 50.1 (6.2) | 0.549 | 0.588 |
| Education (years) | 11.9 (3.5) | 11.9 (3.9) | 0.013 | 0.184 |
| Age at onset (y/o) | 41.6 (13.8) | 38.9 (10.1) | 0.585 | 0.563 |
| Duration illness (years) | 10.2 (7.7) | 11.2 (9.1) | −0.315 | 0.755 |
| Current MDE duration (months) | 6.4 (6.5) | 14.0 (29.0) | −1.052 | 0.302 |
| Number of MDE episodes (times) | 6.4 (4.0) | 5.1 (3.5) | 0.965 | 0.343 |
| Baseline HDRS-17 | 22.6 (2.8) | 23.4 (3.0) | −0.621 | 0.540 |
| 2-week HDRS-17 | 7.7 (3.0)# | 19.1 (4.4) | −8.395 | <0.001** |
| 14-week HDRS-17 | 6.9 (5.2)# | 18.9 (6.9) | −4.225 | <0.001** |
| Baseline BDI | 29.5 (8.5) | 33.0 (9.4) | −1.075 | 0.291 |
| 2-week BDI | 13.1 (7.2)# | 30.2 (12.1) | −4.827 | <0.001** |
| 14-week BDI | 13.6 (9.5)# | 26.7 (12.0) | −3.339 | 0.002** |
Note: MDE, major depressive episode; HDRS-17, 17-item Hamilton depression rating scales; BDI, Beck depression index; # Significant decreases (pair-t test, p<0.05) as compared to baseline values; *p<0.05, **p<0.005.