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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics between MDD patients with and without anxiety symptoms, grouped by gender

From: Gender differences in prevalence and clinical correlates of anxiety in first-episode and drug-naïve patients with major depressive disorder comorbid with metabolic syndrome

Variables

With anxiety (N = 138)

Without anxiety (N = 656)

Gender

F (p)

Subgroup

F (p)

Gender* subgroup

F (p)

Male

Female

Male

Female

Sample size

38

100

201

455

   

Age (years)

38.53 ± 11.35

38.58 ± 12.85

35.35 ± 12.72

38.13 ± 12.59

1.15 (0.28)

1.89 (0.16)

1.06 (0.30)

Duration of disease (months)

9.03 ± 5.81

7.13 ± 4.43

6.84 ± 5.43

6.71 ± 4.64

3.95 (0.04)

6.48 (0.01)

3.02 (0.08)

Age of onset (years)

38.15 ± 11.16

38.34 ± 12.71

35.10 ± 12.54

37.90 ± 12.49

1.31 (0.25)

1.79 (0.18)

1.01 (0.31)

HAMD

34.53 ± 2.41

33.65 ± 2.43

30.73 ± 2.54

30.62 ± 2.63

3.31 (0.06)

161.06 (0.00)

2.07 (0.15)

HAMA

27.21 ± 1.64

27.42 ± 2.07

20.31 ± 2.58

20.26 ± 2.63

0.090(0.76)

715.49 (0.00)

0.24 (0.61)

TSH, µIU/L

7.74 ± 2.11

8.47 ± 2.36

5.98 ± 2.35

5.95 ± 2.37

2.05 (0.15)

75.60 (0.00)

2.37 (0.12)

TgAb, IU/L

163.55 ± 371.05

160.78 ± 324.47

87.48 ± 200.23

100.45 ± 235.48

0.03 (0.84)

6.93 (0.01)

0.09 (0.76)

TPOAb, IU/L

203.17 ± 350.12

134.79 ± 262.49

77.76 ± 150.90

90.35 ± 196.84

1.68 (0.19)

15.64 (0.00)

3.55 (0.06)

FT3, pmol/L

4.90 ± 0.84

4.91 ± 0.70

4.97 ± 0.69

4.89 ± 0.70

0.20 (0.60)

0.11 (0.73)

0.38 (0.53)

FT4, pmol/L

17.45 ± 2.86

16.78 ± 3.02

16.60 ± 3.14

16.50 ± 3.09

1.42 (0.23)

3.09 (0.07)

0.76 (0.38)

  1. Note:
  2. HAMD = Hamilton depression rating scale; HAMA = Hamilton anxiety rating scale; TSH: Thyroid Stimulating Hormone; TgAb: Thyroglobulin antibody; TPO-Ab: Thyroid peroxidase
  3. Bold indicate significant correlations between components