Table 1 Demographic and Clinical Features of Recruited Subjects.

From: The Extrinsic Coagulation Pathway: a Biomarker for Suicidal Behavior in Major Depressive Disorder

Variable

MDD-SA

MDD-NA

HC

MDD-SA/MDD-NA

MDD-SA/HC

P-valuea

P-valuea

Proteomic Analysis and Western Blot Validation

 Sample size

12

12

12

—

—

 Sex (M/F)

3/9

3/9

3/9

1.000

1.000

 Age (year)b

28.00 ± 12.03

35.83 ± 11.24

31.00 ± 12.77

0.120

0.545

 BMIb

21.6 ± 2.4

22.7 ± 1.9

21.5 ± 2.0

0.510

0.405

 HAM-D scoresb

22.58 ± 5.07

23.08 ± 3.97

—

0.790

—

ELISA Validation

 Sample size

49

49

49

—

—

 Sex (M/F)

18/31

15/34

16/33

0.525

0.672

 Age (year)b

33.67 ± 12.17

36.29 ± 11.19

33.13 ± 5.79

0.216

0.810

 BMIb

22.3 ± 3.6

21.3 ± 2.0

21.9 ± 4.2

0.490

0.872

 HAM-D scoresb

26.14

24.94

—

0.291

 
  1. aTwo-tailed student t-test for continuous variables (age, BMI, and HDRS Scores); Chi-square analyses for categorical variables (sex).
  2. bAge, BMI, and HAM-D scores are presented as means ± SD’s.
  3. Abbreviations: HC, healthy controls; MDD-SA, majorly depressed suicide attempters; MDD-NA, majorly depressed suicide non-attempters; M, male; F, female; BMI, body mass index; HAM-D, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale.
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