Table 1 Descriptive statistics.

From: 7-Tesla ultra-high field MRI of the parahippocampal cortex reveals evidence of common neurobiological mechanisms of major depressive disorder and neurotic personality traits

 

Control group (N = 43)

MDD group (N = 43)

mean (SD)

range

mean (SD)

range

Demographic

Age (years)

30.9 (10.7)

18.8–56.7

31.9 (10.7)

18.3–61.0

Sex

F = 20 (46.5%)

F = 20 (46.5%)

M = 23 (53.5%)

M = 23 (53.5%)

NEO-FFI

Neuroticism

1.35 (0.61)

0.33–2.75

2.77 (0.52)

1.42–3.83

Extraversion

2.45 (0.63)

0.25–3.50

1.57 (0.67)

0.25–3.67

Openness for experience

2.51 (0.56)

1.25–3.58

2.57 (0.55)

1.25–3.58

Agreeableness

2.85 (0.41)

1.50–3.92

2.62 (0.47)

1.50–3.42

Conscientiousness

3.02 (0.51)

1.75–3.92

2.31 (0.68)

1.17–3.67

PHC thickness (mm)

Left

2.59 (0.20)

2.11–2.99

2.45 (0.19)

1.91–2.95

Right

2.73 (0.23)

2.04–3.17

2.68 (0.20)

2.18–3.21

  1. MDD major depressive disorder, NEO-FFI NEO Five-Factor Inventory, PHC parahippocampal cortex.
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