FIGURE 1.
Serum lipid and lipoprotein levels in HCs and depressed patients after the adjustment for age, gender, education, physical exercise per week, and body mass index. (A) total cholesterol levels; (B) triglyceride levels; (C) high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels; (D) low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels; (E) LDL-C/HDL-C ratio; (F) TC/HDL-C ratio. The bars represent the means and upper and lower 95% confidence intervals of the examined lipid profile elements. The values of triglycerides, LDL-C/HDL-C and TC/HDL-C are results of back-transformation (antilog) because of the skewed distribution of the original data. The P-values of significant differences are shown. ELS, early life stress; HC, healthy controls; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; MDD, major depressive disorder; TC, total cholesterol.