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Table 1 Demographic and Clinical Characteristics

From: The diagnostic and predictive potential of personality traits and coping styles in major depressive disorder

 

HC (n = 70)

MDD (n = 70)

p value

Age (years)

28.2 (SD 7.3)

28.3 (SD 7.2)

.926

Sex

  

1.000

 Male

16 (22.9%)

16 (22.9%)

 

 Female

54 (77.1%)

54 (77.1%)

 

Ethnicity

  

1.000

 Chinese

45 (64.3%)

45 (64.3%)

 

 Malay

15 (21.4%)

15 (21.4%)

 

 Indian

9 (12.9%)

9 (12.9%)

 

 Eurasian

1 (1.4%)

1 (1.4%)

 

Education (years)

15.6 (SD 1.2)

14.5 (SD 1.8)

< .001

HAM-D

1.9 (SD 2.5)

19.8 (SD 5.4)

< .001

 Mild (8 – 16)

4 (5.7%)

20 (28.6%)

 

 Moderate (17 – 23)

0

30 (42.9%)

 

 Severe (≥ 24)

0

19 (27.1%)

 

Family psychiatric history

17 (24.3%)

30 (42.9%)

.032

Age at onset (years)

 

20.7 (SD 7.5)

 

Duration of illness (years)

 

7.9 (SD 6.5)

 

Past admission to psychiatric ward

 

16 (22.9%)

 

Past suicide attempt

 

32 (45.7%)

 

Pharmacotherapy

 

60 (85.7%)

 

 Antidepressants

 

60 (100%)

 

 Anxiolytics and sedatives

 

11 (18.3%)

 

 Antipsychotics

 

11 (18.3%)

 

 Mood stabiliser

 

4 (6.7%)

 

 Fluoxetine equivalent dose (mg/day)

 

72.6 (SD 71.8)

 

 Diazepam equivalent dose (mg/day)

 

38.6 (SD 74.3)

 

 Chlorpromazine equivalent dose (mg/day)

 

40.1 (SD 29.9)

 
  1. p-values ≤ .05 are in bold