TABLE 1.
Descriptive variables of depressive patients and healthy controls.
| Depressive patients | Healthy controls | Test statistics | p | |
| n = 36 | n = 36 | |||
| Age in years M (SD) | 41.19 (11.13) | 40.92 (11.51) | t(70) = 0.104 | 0.92 |
| Gender (% male) | 47% | χ2(1) = 0.000 | 1.00 | |
| Education | χ2(1) = 6.32 | 0.18 | ||
| (1) | 7 | 3 | ||
| (2) | 14 | 8 | ||
| (3) | 3 | 5 | ||
| (4) | 12 | 19 | ||
| (5) | 0 | 1 | ||
| BDI-II mean (SD) | 22.81 (9.08) | 4.94 (5.02) | t(70) = 10.32 | ≤0.001 |
M, mean; SD, standard deviation; N, number; % m, percentage of males; BDI-II, Beck Depression Inventory-II; Education: (1) secondary general school certificate, (2) intermediate school certificate, (3) entrance qualification for technical college, (4) entrance qualification for university, (5) other qualification.