Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics.

	Depressed patients (n = 16)	Healthy subjects (n = 16)	Significance (P)
Age (years)	34.43 ± 6.72	33.75 ± 6.36	0.77
Gender (male/female)	7/9	7/9	—
Education level	15.63±1.99	15.81±2.48	0.82
Age on set (years)	33.25 ± 6.98	—	—
Duration of illness (weeks)	8.01± 4.19	—	—
24-item HRSD Score	30.88 ± 7.69	3.81±1.05	<0.0001*
14-item HAMA Score	5.62±0.72	3.31±1.25	<0.0001*

Significance was evaluated using two sample t-test.

* denotes significance found.