Table 1.

Demographic overview. Differences in sex distribution were calculated using the chi quadrat test. Differences regarding age were calculated using analysis of variance (ANOVA). SD, standard deviation. ADT, MDD patients recruited for the study “AntiDepressive Therapy”; BLADe, MDD patients participating in the study “Blood Lipid Alterations in Depression”.

	BLADe	ADT	Healthy Controls	p-Value
N (male/female)	39 (15/24)	31 (15/16)	18 (13/5)	0.060
Age (years ± SD)	46.3 ± 14.2	39.7 ± 16.5	30.4 ± 8.8	0.001