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Table 1 Demographics of depressed patients and control subjects

From: Mitogen-stimulated cell proliferation and cytokine production in major depressive disorder patients

parameter

MDD (n = 100)

Control (n = 100)

P value

Gender (F/M)

58/42

62/38

0.66

Age (years; means±SD)

36.5 ± 6.5

35.3 ± 5.9

0.17

BMI (means±SD)

21.8 ± 4.7

22.6 ± 3.9

0.19

Education years (means±SD)

13.3 ± 4.8

14.4 ± 3.6

0.07

Smoking/No smoking

40/60

32/68

0.30

Duration of illness (years)

4.6 ± 1.8