Abnormal functional connectivity of the nucleus accumbens subregions mediates the association between anhedonia and major depressive disorder

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics

Characteristics	MDD(N = 55)	HC(N = 30)	Z/T/χ Value	P Value
Sex(male/female) Age (years) Education (years) MADRS TEPS TEPS_A TEPS_C	18/37 35.18 ± 12.41 11.47 ± 3.23 33.04 ± 5.67 62.98 ± 10.26 25.78 ± 5.68 34.07 ± 5.64	9/21 36.83 ± 9.80 11.90 ± 1.936 1.97 ± 1.03 86.73 ± 4.62 36.87 ± 3.06 47.43 ± 3.66	0.067 -0.629 -0.661 39.456 -14.662 -11.691 -13.191	0.796^a 0.531^b 0.510^b 0.000^b 0.000^b 0.000^b 0.000^b

Abbreviations: MDD major depression disorder, HC healthy control, MADRS Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale, TEPS the Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale, TEPS_A anticipatory pleasure dimension of the Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale, TEPS_C consummatory pleasure dimension of the Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale
^ap value obtained by chi-squared test
^bp value obtained by two-sample t test

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