TABLE 2.
Descriptive characteristics of body measures, serum lipids, and suicidal behavior.
| Patients with masculine depression (N = 81) |
Patients with non-masculine depression (N = 82) |
Healthy control subjects (N = 176) |
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| N | M/F | SEM | N | M/F | SEM | N | M/F | SEM | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 81 | 25.8 | 0.5 | 82 | 26.3 | 0.4 | 175 | 25.0 | 0.3 |
| Body fat (%) | 78 | 28.9 | 1.1 | 81 | 29.6 | 1.0 | 175 | 27.7 | 0.6 |
| Body muscles (%) | 77 | 32.4 | 0.7 | 81 | 31.4 | 0.6 | 175 | 32.6 | 0.4 |
| Resting metabolism (kcal) | 78 | 1652.6 | 28.5 | 81 | 1629.1 | 27.8 | 175 | 1598.5 | 19.8 |
| Visceral fat (%) | 78 | 7.6 | 0.4 | 81 | 8.9 | 0.5 | 175 | 7.0 | 0.3 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dl) | 81 | 135.0 | 10.0 | 82 | 139.0 | 8.9 | 176 | 116.9 | 5.7 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 81 | 202.8 | 5.6 | 82 | 210.3 | 5.9 | 176 | 201.3 | 3.2 |
| HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) | 81 | 51.1 | 1.6 | 82 | 52.1 | 1.6 | 176 | 58.0 | 1.0 |
| LDL cholesterol (mg/dl) | 81 | 131.6 | 4.3 | 82 | 136.4 | 4.6 | 176 | 125.6 | 2.5 |
| LDL/HDL ratio | 81 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 82 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 176 | 2.3 | 0.1 |
| % With suicidal thoughts | 71 | 78.9 | 72 | 50.0 | 169 | 7.7 | |||
The table shows the valid number of subjects analyzed (N), means (M) or relative frequencies (F), and standard errors of the mean (SEM). BMI, body mass index; HDL cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.