. 2017 Jul 28;17:275. doi: 10.1186/s12888-017-1444-6

Table 1.

Characteristics of treatment and placebo group

Variable		(Acetaminophen) Paracetamol	Placebo	P value
Age	18-40 yrs	24	26	0.71^a
	41-60 yrs	28	27	0.85^a
	>60 yrs	11	10	0.81^a
Sex	Male	21	31	0.07^a
Sex	Female	42	32	0.07^a
Marital status	Married	28	29	0.60^a
Marital status	Single	35	34	0.60^a
Number of patients use alcohol	Alcohol dependent patients	5	4	0.15^b
Number of patients use alcohol	Alcohol misuse patients	9	18
Number of patients do not use alcohol		49	41
Diagnosis	Depression	32	22	0.07^a
	Bipolar affective disorder	17	22	0.33^a
	Schizophrenia with secondary depression.	14	19	0.46^a
Clinical Parameters	Comorbid medical illness	19	14	0.31^a
	Migraine	4	5	1.00^b
	Headache during this episode	4	7	0.52^b
ECT-related parameters.	Seizure duration Median (IQR)	20 (15–30)	20 (15–30)	0.94^c
ECT-related parameters.	Energy level Median (IQR)	10 (5–10)	10 (10–10)	<0.01^c

^achi-square test, ^bFishers exact test, ^cMann Whitney U test; IQR Interquartile range