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Table 1 Socio-demographical and clinical data in patients with or without early life adversity

From: Early life adversity is associated with a smaller hippocampus in male but not female depressed in-patients: a case–control study

 

ELA+ (n = 28)

ELA- (n = 35)

Women n (%)

19 (67.9)

18 (51.4)

Age (years) (m (sd))

43.6 (12.4)

48.5 (12.1)

Educational level (%)

 Low

2 (7.1)

5 (14.3)

 Middle

17 (60.7)

14 (40.0)

 High

9 (32.1)

16 (45.7)

 Age at onset of MDD (m (sd)) a

32.9 (15.1)

41.2 (15.3)

 MDD duration (m (sd))

10.7 (12.5)

7.1 (10.3)

 Recurrent MDD (%)

21 (75.0)

23 (65.7)

 Number of previous MDE (m (sd))

2.3 (1.6)

2.4 (1.7)

 HDRS (m (sd))

23.8 (5.2)

24.5 (5.7)

 Previous antidepressant medication (%)

22 (78.6)

27 (77.1)

 Suicide Attempts (%)

10 (35.7)

14 (40.0)

  1. ELA early life adversity, ELA+ presence of early life adversity, ELA- absence of early life adversity, MDD major depressive disorder, MDE major depressive episode, HDRS hamilton depression rating scale 17 items, a: w = 619, p = 0.04