Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics for patients with remitted depression (RD) and healthy control (HC) subjects who participated in this study.

Characteristic	RD group n = 27	HC group n = 27
Sex, male:female	8:19	8:19
Age, years	49.37 ± 12.39	49.26 ± 12.49
Educational level, years	12.04 ± 3.50	11.93 ± 3.40
BDI score	8.96 ± 2.30	2.10 ± 0.93
HAMD score	6.12 ± 1.68

Data presented as n of patients or mean ± SD.

No significant between-group differences (P ≥ 0.05); sex differences were tested using χ²-test and differences in age, education, BDI score and HAMD score were analysed using independent sample t-test.

BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; HAMD, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale.