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Table 3 Early life adversity and hippocampal volumes in men and women

From: Early life adversity is associated with a smaller hippocampus in male but not female depressed in-patients: a case–control study

 

Women

Men

ELA + (n = 19)

ELA−(n = 18)

p

ELA + (n = 9)

ELA−(n = 17)

p

Total hippocampal volume (cm3) (m (sd))

4.77 (1.07)

4.85 (1.07)

0.99

4.43 (1.22)

5.67 (0.77)

0.006

Right hippocampal volume (cm3) (m (sd))

2.43 (0.59)

2.45 (0.64)

0.99

2.28 (0.57)

2.82 (0.49)

0.01

Left hippocampal Volume (cm3) (m (sd))

2.41 (0.50)

2.43 (0.51)

0.98

2.23 (0.66)

2.86 (0.45)

0.02

  1. ELA early life adversity, ELA+ presence of early life adversity, ELA − absence of early life adversity, p p values in bivariate analyses, bold: p value < 0.05
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BMC Psychiatry

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