Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics

Characteristics	HC/noCM (N = 94)	HC/CM (N = 43)	MDD/noCM (N = 32)	MDD/CM (N = 44)	Diagnosis		CM		Diagnosis × CM
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	F	P	F/t	P	F	P
Age (Years)	21.54 (4.24)	20.93 (4.39)	25.38 (8.30)	25.91 (7.68)	26.01	< 0.001	0.001	0.979	0.41	0.521
Education (Years)	14.65 (1.58)	14.12 (1.64)	13.48 (2.29)	14.43 (2.29)	2.37	0.126	0.57	0.451	7.16	0.008 †
HAMD	-	-	22.03 (4.69)	22.82 (4.71)	-	-	−0.72	0.474	-	-
BDI-II	4.59 (4.34)	6.72 (5.70)	27.86 (10.23)	30.96 (9.53)	522.95	< 0.001	6.34	0.013	0.22	0.640
STAI-S	36.26 (7.44)	41.74 (7.95)	57.53 (11.55)	59.07 (10.08)	217.39	< 0.001	7.19	0.008	2.27	0.133
CTQ Sum	32.27 (4.00)	44.75 (8.99)	35.21 (5.02)	51.98 (10.70)	23.20	< 0.001	192.24	< 0.001	4.12	0.044 ‡
Sexual abuse	5.15 (0.49)	5.81 (1.47)	5.05 (0.18)	6.20 (1.68)	0.82	0.368	33.51	< 0.001	2.51	0.115
Physical abuse	5.23 (0.69)	6.28 (2.26)	5.51 (0.95)	7.95 (4.21)	8.65	0.004	27.65	< 0.001	4.43	0.037 §
Emotional abuse	6.20 (1.48)	8.35 (3.16)	7.06 (2.06)	11.27 (4.57)	20.55	< 0.001	58.30	< 0.001	6.16	0.014 ¶
Physical neglect	6.77 (1.49)	10.71 (2.58)	6.70 (1.51)	10.36 (2.73)	0.46	0.501	156.79	< 0.001	0.21	0.649
Emotional neglect	8.91 (2.37)	13.60 (4.29)	10.89 (2.57)	16.18 (4.38)	21.28	< 0.001	102.10	< 0.001	0.37	0.546

HAMD, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; BDI-II, Beck Depressive Inventory-II; STAI, State and Trait Anxiety Inventory; CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; HC, healthy controls; MDD, major depressive disorder; CM, childhood maltreatment. *p <0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.

^†MDD/CM > MDD/noCM *; HC/noCM > MDD/noCM **

^‡MDD/noCM > HC/noCM *; MDD/CM > HC/CM ***; HC/CM > HC/noCM ***; MDD/CM > MDD/noCM***

^§MDD/CM > HC/CM **; HC/CM > HC/noCM *; MDD/CM > MDD/noCM ***

^¶MDD/CM > HC/CM ***; HC/CM > HC/noCM ***; MDD/CM > HC/CM ***