Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the study sample

From: Conceptual convergence: increased inflammation is associated with increased basal ganglia glutamate in patients with major depression

Variable

Value

N

50

Age (years) (mean±s.d.)

38.6±10.8

Females (%)

68%

Race

 Caucasian (%)

38%

 African American (%)

62%

College graduate (%)

42%

Employed (%)

64%

BMI (mean±s.d.)

31.5±7.8

Duration of current depressive episode (months) (mean±s.d.)

181.1±163.6

Age of onset (years) (mean±s.d.)

20.1±11.5

Number of depressive episodes (mean±s.d.)

1.6±2.0

Antidepressant trials during current episode (mean±s.d.)

0.8±1.6

History of substance abuse (%)

36%

HAM-D (mean±s.d.)

23.2±3.2

IDS-SR total (mean±s.d.)

36.2±8.0

  1. Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; HAM-D, 17-item Hamilton depression rating scale for depression; IDS-SR: inventory for depressive symptoms–self-rated version.
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