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. 2023 Feb 20;52(4):734–753. doi: 10.1007/s10964-023-01740-7

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for continuous variables of interest, split by age and sex (n = 957)

Time point Variable Males (n = 448) Females (n = 509) Sex Difference Test (F (1, 956))
M (SD) Min Max M (SD) Min Max
Age 14 years Age at assessment (years) 14.40 (0.383) 13.20 15.44 14.40 (0.382) 13.26 15.45 F = 0.006
Mean PDS score 2.6 (0.541) 1 4 3.2 (0.413) 1.6 4 F = 421.049***
Family support 6.8 (1.513) 0 8 7 (1.325) 0 8 F = 5.340
Family socioeconomic stress 0.6 (0.980) 0 6 0.5 (0.916) 0 5 F = 1.482
LEQ total before age 14 5 (2.465) 0 13 5.5 (2.738) 0 16 F = 10.010**
Whole brain volume (mm3) 1231347 (110543.553) 672637 1562514 1110175.6 (99191.488) 648827 1468714 F = 34.104***
Left amygdala volume (mm3) 1803.4 (228.592) 947 2708.6 1624.6 (227.235) 998.3 2386.1 F = 0.925***
Right amygdala volume (mm3) 1947 (269.733) 1018 3023.5 1756.1 (249.246) 902.3 2692.1 F = 146.764***
Left vmPFC GMV (mm3) 5816.8 (792.657) 3514 8001 5294.4 (781.009) 2987 8093 F = 129.434***
Right vmPFC GMV (mm3) 6028.4 (794.713) 2880 8034 5549.7 (744.618) 2603 7635 F = 105.094***
Age 19 years Age at assessment (years) 18.90 (0.677) 17.80 21.20 18.90 (0.699) 17.90 22.44 F = 0.712
LEQ total age 14–19 4.4 (2.916) 0 19 5.5 (3.096) 0 17 F = 92.425***
Total childhood trauma score 6.6 (6.749) 0 48 6.1 (7.718) 0 64 F = 319.401
Left amygdala volume (mm3) 1888.908 (228.476) 1298.4 2695.3 1677.5 (216.830) 1125.3 2729.4 F = 215.425***
Right amygdala volume (mm3) 2025.356 (242.201) 1226 2804.6 1797.6 (237.788) 1181.7 2613.4 F = 214.832***
Left vmPFC GMV (mm3) 5519.324 (759.670) 3207 8011 4927.8 (668.496) 3349 7290 F = 164.188***
Right vmPFC GMV (mm3) 5729.364 (680.921) 4028 7769 5245.7 (647.921) 3410 7554 F = 126.610***

PDS Pubertal Development Score, LEQ Life Events Questionnaire, vmPFC ventromedial prefrontal cortex, GMV grey matter volume

Statistically significant difference between males and females:

**p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001