TABLE 2.
Differences in subcortical volumes between mild-to-moderate depression (MMD) patients and healthy controls (mean ± SD).
| Subcortical volume (mm3) |
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| Region | MMD patients | HCs | F | p | ηp2 |
| Thalamus-L | 8,050.6 ± 678.3 | 8,090.2 ± 663.8 | 8.000 | < 0.001* | 0.218 |
| Thalamus-R | 7,746.2 ± 641.7 | 7,801.9 ± 654.3 | 8.912 | < 0.001* | 0.237 |
| Hippocampus-L | 3,940.4 ± 443.3 | 4,070.1 ± 418.2 | 2.785 | 0.046 | 0.089 |
| Hippocampus-R | 4,093.9 ± 475.1 | 4,233.4 ± 447.1 | 2.324 | 0.081 | 0.075 |
| NAc-L | 602.7 ± 91.2 | 589.9 ± 67.0 | 3.262 | 0.025 | 0.102 |
| NAc-R | 458.2 ± 65.8 | 478.1 ± 90.1 | 0.521 | 0.669 | 0.018 |
| Amygdala-L | 1,217.1 ± 192.9 | 1,226.1 ± 226.8 | 2.841 | 0.064 | 0.063 |
| Amygdala-R | 1,184.8 ± 249.5 | 1,292.4 ± 227.2 | 5.728 | 0.005* | 0.115 |
NAc, nucleus accumbens; L, left; R, right; MMD, mild-to-moderate depression; *p < 0.006 (Bonferroni corrected).