Table 4.
Pearson’s Correlation of prolactin with biometrics and psychometric measures per cohort, group (MDD and control), and sex.
| Measure | Total cohort |
MDD |
Control |
Females |
Males |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p | ||
| Biometrics | BMI (kg/m2) | 0.036 | 0.694 | 0.061 | 0.644 | −0.013 | 0.920 | 0.124 | 0.314 | −0.140 | 0.321 |
| Waist (cm) | −0.028 | 0.764 | −0.023 | 0.860 | −0.102 | 0.440 | 0.059 | 0.630 | −0.069 | 0.628 | |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | −0.149 | 0.105 | −0.306 | 0.017 | −0.006 | 0.965 | −0.044 | 0.721 | 0.096 | 0.500 | |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 0.126 | 0.169 | 0.035 | 0.791 | 0.171 | 0.192 | 0.098 | 0.425 | 0.252 | 0.072 | |
| Heart rate (beats/min) | 0.254 | 0.005 | 0.339 | 0.008 | 0.170 | 0.193 | 0.268 | 0.027 | 0.063 | 0.656 | |
| BSI | Total | 0.226 | 0.013 | 0.135 | 0.305 | 0.057 | 0.664 | 0.256 | 0.035 | 0.097 | 0.493 |
| Somatization | 0.232 | 0.011 | 0.220 | 0.090 | −0.064 | 0.624 | 0.232 | 0.057 | 0.059 | 0.677 | |
| Obsessive Compulsive | 0.173 | 0.059 | −0.029 | 0.829 | 0.090 | 0.494 | 0.227 | 0.063 | 0.059 | 0.680 | |
| Interpersonal Sensitivity | 0.201 | 0.028 | 0.103 | 0.434 | 0.017 | 0.898 | 0.229 | 0.061 | 0.069 | 0.628 | |
| Depression | 0.173 | 0.060 | −0.088 | 0.505 | 0.151 | 0.251 | 0.203 | 0.097 | 0.088 | 0.537 | |
| Anxiety | 0.221 | 0.015 | 0.163 | 0.213 | −0.025 | 0.847 | 0.263 | 0.030 | 0.086 | 0.543 | |
| Hostility | 0.195 | 0.033 | 0.145 | 0.270 | −0.094 | 0.475 | 0.251 | 0.039 | 0.011 | 0.938 | |
| Phobic Anxiety | 0.184 | 0.045 | 0.102 | 0.437 | −0.018 | 0.890 | 0.204 | 0.096 | 0.080 | 0.575 | |
| Paranoid Ideation | 0.268 | 0.003 | 0.243 | 0.061 | 0.112 | 0.394 | 0.289 | 0.017 | 0.158 | 0.263 | |
| Psychoticism | 0.226 | 0.013 | 0.172 | 0.188 | −0.038 | 0.771 | 0.269 | 0.027 | 0.114 | 0.419 | |
| Global Severity Index | 0.226 | 0.013 | 0.135 | 0.305 | 0.057 | 0.664 | 0.256 | 0.035 | 0.097 | 0.493 | |
| DASS | Depression | 0.155 | 0.213 | −0.152 | 0.246 | −0.061 | 0.643 | 0.145 | 0.238 | 0.072 | 0.614 |
| Anxiety | 0.243 | 0.008 | 0.145 | 0.268 | 0.185 | 0.158 | 0.273 | 0.024 | 0.105 | 0.457 | |
| Stress | 0.160 | 0.082 | −0.024 | 0.858 | 0.065 | 0.624 | 0.201 | 0.100 | 0.030 | 0.835 | |
BSI: Brief Symptom Inventory. DASS: Depression Anxiety Stress Scale.