Functional connectivity between the thalamus and the primary somatosensory cortex in major depressive disorder: a resting-state fMRI study

Table 1 Demographic and Clinical characteristics of participants

Characteristics (mean ± SD)	MDD patients(n = 31)	Healthy controls(n = 28)	p
Gender (male/female)	21/10	17/11	0.581
Age(years)	29.96 ± 9.73	26.79 ± 6.91	0.157
Educated(years)	13.74 ± 2.43	14.86 ± 2.43	0.084
HRSD17 score	20.26 ± 3.19	4.00 ± 1.09	< 0.001^*
SHAPS total score	23.06 ± 5.97	4.59 ± 4.29	< 0.001^*
FSS total score	45.83 ± 12.54	23.93 ± 5.58	< 0.001^*
RBANS
immediate memory	73.34 ± 15.43	95.48 ± 14.98	< 0.001^*
visuospatial/constructional	88.78 ± 19.49	102.00 ± 14.71	0.009^*
language	86.26 ± 17.06	97.52 ± 15.72	.0100^*
attention	98.61 ± 15.79	119.56 ± 13.06	< 0.001^*
delayed memory	83.13 ± 14.10	93.56 ± 10.68	0.013^*
subpoint	82.30 ± 15.69	101.67 ± 11.99	< 0.001^*
CPT
two digits	2.38 ± 0.93	3.15 ± 0.82	0.002^*
three digits	1.57 ± 0.94	2.74 ± 0.91	< 0.001^*
four digits	0.94 ± 0.60	1.70 ± 0.76	< 0.001^*
average	1.77 ± 1.08	2.53 ± 0.70	0.007^*

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