Table 1 Demographic and clinic characteristic of study sample.

From: Peripheral immune cell reactivity and neural response to reward in patients with depression and anhedonia

 

MDD (N = 30)

Healthy controls (N = 21)

p value

Age, M (SD)

37.1 (10.8)

37.1 (9.6)

0.98

Gender (male), n (%)

14 (46.7)

13 (61.9)

0.28

BMI, M (SD)

26.7 (5.8)

24.8 (4.7)

0.22

Daily smoking, n (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1

hs-CRP level, M (SD)

3.8 (7.2)

1.7 (1.6)

0.19

Race, n (%)

White/Caucasian

16 (53.3)

10 (47.6)

0.08

Ethnicity, n (%)

Hispanic/Latino

7 (23.3)

3 (14.3)

0.22

Employment, n (%)

Employed

21 (70.0)

17 (81.0)

0.05

Education, n (%)

Bachelor Degree

21 (70.0)

16 (76.2)

0.61

Relationship status, n (%)

Married

2 (6.7)

4 (19.1)

0.07

Psychiatric comorbidities

Anxiety disorder, n (%)

14 (46.7)

0 (0)

<0.001

PTSD current, n (%)

1 (3.3)

0 (0)

0.22

MADRS, M (SD)

27.4 (6.4)

1 (1.6)

<0.001

SHAPS, M (SD)

34.5 (7.6)

17.6 (4.9)

<0.001

TEPS anticipatory, M (SD)

26.7 (10.5)

45.1 (6.5)

<0.001

TEPS consummatory, M (SD)

26.1 (10.5)

39.3 (6.1)

<0.001

  1. Race and ethnicity were reported by the study participants.
  2. BMI body mass index, hs-CRP high-sensitivity C reactive protein, M means, MADRS Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale, MDD Major Depressive Disorder, PTSD posttraumatic stress disorder, SD standard deviation, SHAPS Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale, TEPS Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale.
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