Table 3. Gender, age, BDNF levels, and psychometric ratings of patients with moderate or severe depression according to low and high LDAEP (dichotomized at the median).

	Low LDAEP (n = 8)	High LDAEP (n = 8)	p
Gender (M/F)a	3/5	1/7	0.57
Age (years)	37.0±14.03	40.75±14.05	0.79
BDNF (ng/ml)	20.01±6.69	27.8±6.14	0.03*
HAMD	21.0±3.34	21.5±4.24	0.79
HAMA	20.88±3.27	22.25±3.58	0.56
BIS	73.25±9.71	88.0±14.97	0.036*
BHS	11.38±6.05	15.75±6.54	0.092
BSS	13.25±10.87	19.25±10.14	0.25

*p<0.05.

^aChi-square test.

Except where stated otherwise, data are mean±SD values.