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Baseline characteristics of the participants
| Characteristic | Depressed N = 174 |
Non-depressed N = 173 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 42 ± 10 | 37 ± 10 | < 0.001 |
| 18–39 years, n (%) | 72 (40%) | 111 (60%) | |
| 40–60 years, n (%) | 102 (62%) | 62 (38%) | |
| Female, n (%) | 160 (92%) | 130 (75%) | < 0.001 |
| BMI (Kg/m2) | 42 ± 7 | 43 ± 7 | 0.05 |
| Vitamin D status, n (%) | |||
| Normal | 39 (22%) | 56 (32%) | 0.03 |
| Insufficient/Deficient | 135 (77%) | 117 (67%) | |
