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Table 3 Serum concentrations of antioxidant vitamins between MDD patients and healthy controls

From: Evaluation of serum amino acids and non-enzymatic antioxidants in drug-naïve first-episode major depressive disorder

Antioxidant vitamins

MDD patients (n = 247)

Healthy controls (n = 248)

 

(μmol/L)

Median

Q1-Q3

Median

Q1-Q3

p value

Vitamin A

2.23

1.36–3.29

2.51

1.70–3.65

0.003a

Vitamin E

15.56

9.11–31.50

18.00

11.00–25.60

< 0.001b

Vitamin C

30.28

11.04–68.10

38.75

11.39–72.96

0.009c

  1. p values from Mann-Whitney U test, p is significant at the 0.05 level, a Bonferroni-corrected p value < 0.05: patients < controls (p = 0.005), b Bonferroni-corrected p value < 0.05: patients < controls (p < 0.001); c Bonferroni-corrected p value < 0.05: patients < controls (p = 0.010)
  2. Q1 lower quartile, Q3 upper quartile
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BMC Psychiatry

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