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Table 1 Characteristics of MDD patients and healthy control

From: Reduced serum VGF levels are linked with suicide risk in Chinese Han patients with major depressive disorder

 

MDD (N = 107)

Normal Control (N = 40)

High risk suicide group (N = 60)

Low risk suicide group (N = 47)

F/X2

P

Age (years)

42.02 ± 7.26 b

43.17 ± 11.15 a

39.15 ± 11.11 c

2.208

0.114

Gender (m/f)

18/22 b

25/35 a

23/24 c

0.563

0.755

Education (years)

10.63 ± 6.06 b

11.16 ± 6.50 a

9.43 ± 5.69 c

0.637

0.531

Duration of illness (months)

_

37.70 ± 23.36

34.55 ± 25.11 c

0.411

0.523

HDRS

3.85 ± 1.51 b**

24.05 ± 2.52 a**

23.17 ± 2.96 c

949.17

0.0001**

NGASR

 

11.88 ± 2.30

5.51 ± 1.53 c**

267.63

0.0001**

  1. MDD Major depressive disorders, HDRS 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, NGASR Nurses Global Assessment of Suicide Risk
  2. aControls vs. “High risk suicide group” by ANOVA analysis except for gender (chi-square test)
  3. bControls vs. “Low risk suicide group” by ANOVA analysis
  4. c“High risk suicide group” vs. “Low risk suicide group” by ANOVA analysis
  5. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01