Table 1. Demographic characteristics of multiple myeloma patients with and without depression.

Characteristic	Depression (n = 38)	Control (n = 96)	Statistical Significance
			(p value)
Sex (M:F)	17:21	52:44	0.34*
Age (year) (mean ± SD)	53 ± 7.4	55 ± 5.6	0.13+
Serum Glucose (mean ± SD)	100.5 ± 21.9	101 ± 19.1	0.8+
Diabetes (Yes:No)	4:34	9:87	1*

Plus-minus values are mean ± standard deviation. The p-value was calculated with the use of a Fisher exact test^* or unpaired t-test⁺.