Table 3 Relationship between the scores of Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) and GM volume of the left insula lobe.

From: Voxel-based morphometric brain comparison between healthy subjects and major depressive disorder patients in Japanese with the s/s genotype of 5-HTTLPR

 

scores (mean ± SD)

Spearman rank correlation coefficients

R

p

Total (0–52)

21.8 ± 4.71

−0.25

0.19

Subcategory

core (0–22)

10.3 ± 2.80

−0.26

0.18

sleep (0–4)

3.48 ± 1.03

0.19

0.35

activity (0–8)

4.00 ± 1.22

−0.23

0.25

psychic (0–8)

2.59 ± 1.37

−0.40

0.04*

somatic anxiety (0–6)

3.67 ± 1.31

0.03

0.89

delusion (0–8)

1.59 ± 1.03

−0.10

0.63

  1. *p < 0.05.
  2. Ranges of each subcategory score are reported in parentheses.
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