Table 2.

Clinical outcomes and laboratory findings of the study population.

Parameters	MDD patients (n = 84)	Healthy controls (n = 82)	p-value
	Mean ± SEM	Mean ± SEM
Ham-D score	20.15 ± 0.42	4.74 ± 0.65	0.000
Serum IL-7 (pg/ml)	265.16 ± 49.39	918.20 ± 233.20	0.001
Serum IL-10 (pg/ml)	119.2 ± 23.71	33.44 ± 5.53	0.008

Ham-D, 17-item Hamilton depression rating scale; IL-7, interleukin-7; IL-10, interleukin-10; MDD, major depressive disorder; SEM, standard error mean.

Significant p-values are shown in bold.