Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the active and sham cTBS groups.

Age(years)

31.16 ± 7.12

31.45 ± 7.46

–0.17^a

0.867

Sex(male/female)

15/22

18/15

1.37^b

0.241

Education status

0.14^b

0.934

 high school/college

3

3

 undergraduate

24

20

 postgraduate or above

10

10

Illness duration (weeks)

96.30 ± 167.73

61.85 ± 85.22

1.06^a

0.291

Type of episode (first episode/recurrent)

14/23

12/21

0.02^b

0.899

HAMD-17 (baseline)

22.92 ± 5.78

23.15 ± 3.83

–0.20^a

0.845

HAMA (baseline)

21.46 ± 8.77

20.00 ± 5.53

0.82^a

0.414

GAF (baseline)

82.24 ± 3.30

82.96 ± 1.77

–1.11^a

0.270

Acceptance rate (baseline)

0.41 ± 0.38

0.55 ± 0.32

–1.58^a

0.120

Learning rate (baseline)

0.06 ± 0.04

0.20 ± 0.08

–7.28^a

< 0.001