Fig. 2

Scatterplots showing the distribution of mood scores between (i) control females (“control F”, filled-in triangles, N = 178); (ii) control males (“control M”, filled-in squares, N = 68); (iii) CSC females(“CSC F”, empty triangles, N = 38) and (iv) CSC males (“CSC M”, empty squares, N = 70). a Global Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). b Hospitalised Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). c Depression (HADS-D). d Anxiety (HADS-A). Statistical analyses used here were Kruskal-Wallis testing, with Dunn’s post-hoc comparisons. Data are shown as individual values with SD bars. “ns” denotes no significance, * = P < 0.05.