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Table 1 Details of the 10 primary studies included in this meta-analysis

From: Cerebral metabolism in major depressive disorder: a voxel-based meta-analysis of positron emission tomography studies

Year

Author

Disorder

Patients

Controls

Depression

PET Software And

Medication

   

Sample Size

Gender

Mean Age (SD)

Sample Size

Gender

Mean Age (SD)

Severity HDRS)

FWHM

 

2001

Saxena [23]

MDD

27

13 M, 14 F

38.2(11.1)

17

8 M, 9 F

32.5(11.7)

17 20.8(5.0)

SPM 96, 16 mm

*

2001

Brody [24]

MDD

24

11 M, 13 F

38.9(11.4)

16

8 M, 8 F

35.6(18.3)

17, 19.4(5.5)

SPM 96, 10 mm

**

2001

Kennedy [25]

MDD

13

13 M

36(10)

24

24 M

31.7(6.7)

17 22.4(3.6)

SPM 96, 8 mm

treated with antidepressants

2002

Kimbrell [7]

MDD

37

13 M, 24 F

43.4(13.0)

37

13 M, 24 F

43.4(12.5)

28, 16.9(8.3)

SPM 95, 10 mm

medication-free

2003

Kegeles [26]

MDD

19

6 M, 13 F

16(11)

10

4 M, 6 F

39(19)

17, 22.3(3.9)

SPM 96, 8 mm

medication-free at least 14 days

2005

Zhang [27]

MDD

14

4 M, 10 F

43.8(9.3)

11

3 M, 8 F

43.0(7.8)

17, 27.8(6.2)

SPM 2b, 8 mm

treated with antidepressants

2006

Su [4]

MDD

6

2 M, 4 F

71(6)

10

4 M, 6 F

67.6(2.9)

24, 39.7(3.2)

SPM 2, 10 mm

first episode and medication-free

2007

Aihara [28]

MDD

24

9 M, 15 F

52.4(13.4)

23

8 M, 15 F

54.8(12.6)

21, 32.0 ± 6.8

SPM 99, 10 mm

medication-free

2009

Smith [29]

MDD

16

6 M, 10 F

65.3(9.1)

13

5 M, 8 F

67.4(7.4)

24, 26.0(3.5)

SPM 99, 8 mm

medication-free

2009

Wu [30]

MDD

8

5 M, 3 F

47.1(9.3)

8

5 M, 3 F

45.1(8.2)

17, 23.1(3.9)

SPM 2b, 8 mm

medication-free

  1. Note: FWHM = Full Width at Half Maximum, SPM = Statistical Parametric Mapping, M = man, F = female, HDRS = Hamilton Depression Rating Scale.
  2. *Either treatment naïve or off medication for more than 1 year.
  3. **Either treatment naïve or off medication at least 2 weeks.