Table 1 Comparison of demographic parameters, clinical measurements, and cEPC counts between patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and healthy controls (HCs).

From: Associations between increased circulating endothelial progenitor cell levels and anxiety/depressive severity, cognitive deficit and function disability among patients with major depressive disorder

 

MDD (n = 50)

NC (n = 46)

p value

Gender (male/female)

17/33

17/29

0.092

Age

26 (20)

28 (12.25)

0.716

Illness duration (years)

2 (5.925)

 

Treatment duration (years)

0.2 (0.515)

 

Height (cm)

165.25 (15.25)

162 (14.25)

0.323

BW (kg)

63.45 (16.725)

60 (15)

0.348

BMI

22.8616 (5.8062)

22.4294 (3.504)

0.626

HipC (cm)

96 (9)

93 (12)

0.395

WC (cm)

79.5 (16.25)

77 (15)

0.920

SBP (mmHg)

114 (20.75)

111.5 (15)

0.029

DBP (mmHg)

70.5 (13.25)

65.5 (11.25)

0.002

Heart rate

76 (13)

72.5 (11.25)

0.162

ALT (U/L)

14 (10.25)

15 (9)

0.359

AST (U/L)

16 (5.75)

19 (6.5)

0.023

CREAT (mg/dL)

0.76 (0.13)

0.73 (0.15)

0.230

UA (mg/dL)

5.2 (1.75)

5.6 (1.55)

0.360

FBS (mg/dL)

81 (18)

87 (10)

0.098

CHOL (mg/dL)

182 (39)

192 (56)

0.473

TG (mg/dL)

84 (68.75)

71 (44.5)

0.384

HDL (mg/dL)

53.5 (14.25)

57 (16)

0.220

Mature cEPCs (CD34+KDR+) (counts)

16 (18.25)

13 (16)

0.166

Immature cEPCs (CD34+KDR+CD133+) (counts)

12.5 (16.5)

10.5 (14.25)

0.130

  1. Bold italicised values represent the p-values less than 0.05.
  2. BW body weight, BMI body mass index, HipC hip circumference, WC waist circumference, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, CREAT creatinine, UA uric acid, FBS fasting blood sugar, CHOL cholesterol, TG triglyceride, HDL high density lipoprotein cholesterol, cEPC circulating endothelial progenitor cells. Continuous variables were presented as their medians and interquartile ranges (IQR).