Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics.

	Healthy controls (n = 18)	Patients (n = 18)	p-Value
Age	39.1 ± 2.5	44.3 ± 3.6	0.308a
Sex (M:F)	6:12	6:12	1.0b
Education (secondary:higher)	8:10	8:10	1.0b
MADRS score	3 (2–3.5)	29.7 (25.7–33.7)	*0.001a
Von Zerssen score	6 (4–8)	25 (22–29)	*0.001a

^aMann–Whitney U test.

^bFisher’s exact test.

*p <0.005.

IQR, interquartile range; MADRS, Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale.