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Table 2 Immune-inflammatory markers and lipoprotein profile in patients with anhedonia and non-anhedonia

From: Sex-specific immune-inflammatory markers and lipoprotein profile in patients with anhedonia with unipolar and bipolar depression

Characteristic

Male (N = 64)

Female (N = 163)

Non-anhedonia

(N = 29)

Anhedonia

(N = 35)

t

P

Non-anhedonia

(N = 72)

Anhedonia

(N = 91)

t

P

CD3 (µL)a

1731.86 ± 713.60

2128.69 ± 634.27

-2.354

0.022*

2056.72 ± 745.89

2006.84 ± 673.49

0.448

0.655

CD4 (µL)b

872.14 ± 349.46

1046.91 ± 344.94

-2.213

0.031*

1063.67 ± 378.65

1038.95 ± 348.41

0.433

0.666

CD8 (µL)c

750.48 ± 354.22

920.91 ± 282.34

-2.412

0.036*

858.94 ± 362.21

833.82 ± 333.92

0.459

0.647

TC (mmol/L)

4.01 ± 0.82

3.98 ± 1.10

0.130

0.897

4.15 ± 0.79

4.08 ± 0.98

0.492

0.623

TG (mmol/L)

1.28 ± 0.70

1.18 ± 059

0.600

0.551

1.12 ± 0.81

0.95 ± 0.50

1.572

0.118

LDL (mmol/L)

2.13 ± 0.59

2.13 ± 0.83

0.135

0.979

2.11 ± 0.60

2.13 ± 0.67

-0.140

0.889

HDL (mmol/L)

1.21 ± 0.21

1.15 ± 0.20

1.154

0.253

1.32 ± 0.24

1.33 ± 0.37

-0.239

0.812

Lp (a) (mg/L)d

205.79 ± 169.17

96.88 ± 91.57

3.227

0.002**

180.81 ± 217.16

194.39 ± 282.47

-0.332

0.740

  1. Abbreviations: TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; LDL, low density lipoproteins; HDL, high density lipoproteins; Lp (a), lipoprotein(a)
  2. * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001
  3. aGroup (anhedonia or non-anhedonia)-by-sex (male or female) interaction was observed for CD3, P = 0.031 (two-factor ANOVA)
  4. bGroup (anhedonia or non-anhedonia)-by-sex (male or female) interaction was observed for CD4, P = 0.042 (two-factor ANOVA)
  5. cGroup (anhedonia or non-anhedonia)-by-sex (male or female) interaction was observed for CD8, P = 0.038 (two-factor ANOVA)
  6. dGroup (anhedonia or non-anhedonia)-by-sex (male of female) interaction was observed for Lp (a), P = 0.009 (two-factor ANOVA)
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