Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Parameters of Depressive Patients and Controls at the Baseline

	Control (n = 30)	MDD (n = 38)	p-Value
Age	19 (15–20)	19 (15–20)	0.42a
Sex, n (%)
Female	17 (56.7)	29 (76.3)
Male	13 (43.3)	9 (23.7)	0.12b
BMI z score	0.48 ± 0.92	0.14 ± 0.77	0.17c
FMI z score	0.29 ± 0.79	−0.03 ± 0.59	0.17c
BAI	1 (0–12)	12 (0–29)	<0.01a
BDI-II	2 (0–7)	20 (3–46)	<0.01a

^aMann–Whitney.

^bChi-square.

^cIndependent samples t-test.

BMI, body mass index; BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory; BDI-II, Beck Depression Inventory-II; FMI, fat mass index; MDD, major depressive disorder.