Table 1.
Effect of magnesium or placebo supplementation on Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) scores in patients treated with fluoxetine.
| Group I: Magnesium | Group II: Placebo | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | N | Mean | SD | Med | Min | Max | N | Mean | SD | Med | Min | Max | p-Value |
| HDRS_0 | 17 | 30.5 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 44 | 20 | 27.5 | 5.5 | 28 | 18 | 38 | 0.1120 |
| HDRS_6H | 17 | 30.4 | 5.8 | 29 | 21 | 43 | 20 | 27.5 | 5.5 | 28 | 18 | 38 | 0.1197 |
| HDRS_24H | 17 | 30.4 | 5.8 | 29 | 21 | 43 | 20 | 27.4 | 5.4 | 28 | 18 | 38 | 0.1059 |
| HDRS_2W | 17 | 24.5 | 5.6 | 24 | 13 | 36 | 20 | 21.8 | 7.5 | 23 | 9 | 36 | 0.2237 |
| HDRS_4W | 17 | 18.5 | 5.9 | 17 | 10 | 31 | 17 | 17.2 | 6.4 | 17 | 5 | 28 | 0.5605 |
| HDRS_6W | 17 | 14.6 | 6.9 | 13 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 13.4 | 6.6 | 14 | 2 | 28 | 0.6100 |
| HDRS_8W | 17 | 10.7 | 7.9 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 10.4 | 6.8 | 10 | 1 | 28 | 0.9080 |
N—number of patients; SD—standard deviation; Med—Median; Min—minimum; Max—maximum HDRS: Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; HDRS_0—scores before treatment; H—hours; W—week. The Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test for independent samples was used for the comparison of groups.