Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the patients with MDD and healthy control subjects

Characteristic	MDD group (n=56)	Control group (n=42)	p value
Age (yr)	33.5±11.23	36.57±9.86	0.162
Gender
Male	22 (39.3)	18 (42.9)	0.722
Female	34 (60.7)	24 (57.1)

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation or number (%).

MDD, major depressive disorder.

We didn’t find any difference between groups in terms of gender and age.