. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Affect Disord. 2018 Oct 9;244:92–99. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.10.099

Table 1.

Demographic data of the MDD patients and healthy control groups

Characteristic	MDD group		HC group	P
Characteristic	24		14
Sex (Male/Female)	10/14		4/10
Age (mean (SD))	31.33±10.79		33.29±10.36	0.520^*
Education year (mean ±SD)	11.04±2.76		15.07±3.47	0.087^*
HAMD	Pre-ECT	Post-ECT	2.21±1.25	<0.001^**
HAMD	31.33±4.55	8.58±5.62	2.21±1.25	<0.001^**

MDD=major depressive disorder; HC=healthy control; ECT=electroconvulsive therapy; HAMD=Hamilton Rating Scale for Depressive.

Mann-whitney U nonparametric tests (criteria alpha=0.05).

^**

Paired t tests between pre-ECT and post-ECT MDD group.