Table I.

Comparison of demographic and clinicobiochemical markers between depressed and non-depressed patients based on Beck Inventory scores

		No depression (n=82)	Depression (n=38)	p-value
Beck		7.89 ± 4.34	25.45 ± 8.83
Age (yr)		23.6 ± 4.7	24.8 ± 4.6	0.192a
Testosterone (ng/mL)		0.66 ± 0.18	0.73 ± 0.16	0.634a
TG (mg/dl)		132.70 ± 59.96	136.89 ± 49.81	0.739a
LDL (mg/dL)		106.54 ± 21.97	112.58 ± 23.50	0.554 a
HDL (mg/dL)		44.11 ± 6.95	44.11 ± 6.54	0.359 a
Cholesterol (mg/dL)		170.37 ± 21.66	174.63 ± 22.91	0.366 a
HOMA-IR		1.40 ± 0.53	1.34 ± 0.51	0.746 a
BMI (kg/m2)		24.8 ± 4.3	24.9 ± 5.1	0.177 a
Marital status
	Married	41 (50%)	17 (44.7%)	0.591 b
	Single	41 (50%)	21 (55.3%)
Infertile
	Yes	28 (34.1%	7 (18.4%)	0.177 b
	No	11 (13.4%)	8 (21.1%)
	Unknown	43 (52.5%)	23 (60.5%)
Hirsutism
	Yes	38 (46.3%)	23 (60.5%)	0.148 b
	No	44 (53.7%)	15 (39.5%)

TG: triglycerides

LDL: low-density lipoprotein

HDL: high-density lipoprotein

BMI: Body Mass Index

HOMA-IR: homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance ( fasting glucose (μU/L)× fasting insulin (mmol/L)/22.5)

Hirsutism (Modified Ferriman-Galwey score ≥ 6)

^a Student’s t test

^bchi-squared test