Table 1.

Characteristics of the PD patients and healthy controls

Characteristics	PD	HC	p-values
Gender			0.482
Female (%)	12(46.2%)	22(45.0%)
Male (%)	14(53.8%)	18(55.0%)
Age (years)a	41.4(12.8)	39.6(10.3)	0.572
BMI (kg/m2)a	24.1(3.0)	22.6(2. 8)	0.040
GAD-7a	9.5 (4.9)	-
PHQ-9a	10.0(6.6)	-

a. data are shown as mean (SD), SD: standard deviation;

PD: panic disorder; HC: healthy controls; BMI: body mass index;

GAD-7: General Anxiety Disorder-7;

PHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire-9.