Table 2 Comparison of the demographic and clinical information of the MDD patients in the USTC and AHMU Cohort.

From: Genetic and molecular basis of abnormal BOLD signaling variability in patients with major depressive disorder after electroconvulsive therapy

 

MDD patients (Cohort USTC)

MDD patients (Cohort AHMU)

p value

Age (years)

39.29 ± 12.28

39.94 ± 11.8

0.813

Sex (male/female)

6/36

12/23

0.036

HAMD scores

ECT before

25.57 ± 5.51

ECT after

7.26 ± 5.26

ECT before

23.29 ± 4.27

ECT after

4.74 ± 4.41

0.122

MMSE scores

ECT before

28.63 ± 1.79

ECT after

28.18 ± 2.05

ECT before

24.25 ± 10.25

ECT after

-

0.355

  1. USTC University of Science and Technology of China, AHMU Anhui Medical University, MDD major depressive disorder, ECT electroconvulsive therapy, TP time point, HAMD hamilton depression rating scale, MMSE mini-mental state examination.