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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics in young psychotic and non-psychotic depression patients

From: Prevalence and risk factors for psychotic symptoms in young, first-episode and drug-naïve patients with major depressive disorder

 

Non-psychotic

Psychotic

t/x2

p

Patient, n (%)

834(90.9%)

83(9.1%)

  

Age (years, Mean ± SD)

24.74 ± 5.43

24.13 ± 5.37

0.97

0.330

Hierarchical age, n (%)

  

1.375

0.503

18–21 (years)

309(37.1%)

36(37.6%)

  

22–27

247(29.6%)

21(25.3%)

  

28–35

278(33.3%)

26(31.3%)

  

Sex, n (%)

  

1.276

0.259

Male

324(38.8%)

27(32.5%)

  

Female

510(61.2%)

56(67.5%)

  

HAMD (Mean ± SD)

29.80 ± 2.73

33.81 ± 2.68

-12.77

<0.001

TSH (uIU/mL, Mean ± SD)

4.63 ± 2.37

7.20 ± 3.01

-7.537a

<0.001

FT3 (pmol/L, Mean ± SD)

4.94 ± 0.74

4.88 ± 0.68

0.058

0.494

FT4 (pmol/L, Mean ± SD)

16.77 ± 3.09

16.86 ± 3.01

-0.095

0.789

FBG (mmol/L, Mean ± SD)

5.34 ± 0.63

5.61 ± 0.70

-3.59

<0.001

TC (mmol/L, Mean ± SD)

5.11 ± 1.10

5.69 ± 1.17

-4.61

<0.001

TG (mmol/L, Mean ± SD)

2.10 ± 0.98

2.48 ± 0.98

-3.40

0.001

HDL-C (mmol/L, Mean ± SD)

1.23 ± 0.28

1.17 ± 0.28

1.97

0.049

LDL-C (mmol/L, Mean ± SD)

2.90 ± 0.88

3.16 ± 0.85

-2.59

0.010

BMI (kg/m2)

24.29 ± 2.02

24.44 ± 2.12

-0.69

0.490

SP (mmHg, Mean ± SD)

113.88 ± 10.25

118.76 ± 9.07

-4.17

<0.001

DP (mmHg, Mean ± SD)

73.86 ± 6.01

76.82 ± 5.97

-4.28

<0.001

Severe anxiety, n (%)

  

279.03

<0.001

no

789(94.6%)

29(34.9%)

  

yes

45(5.4%)

54(65.1%)

  

Attempted suicide, n (%)

  

40.07

<0.001

no

693(83.1%)

45(54.2%)

  

yes

141(16.9%)

38(45.8%)

  

Education level, n (%)

  

0.371

0.946

Junior high school

51(6.1%)

6(7.2%)

  

Senior high school

398(47.7%)

41(49.4%)

  

College

315(37.8%)

30(36.1%)

  

Postgraduate

70(8.4%)

6(7.2%)

  
  1. Note: FBG: Fasting blood glucose; FT3: free triiodothyronine; FT4: free thyroxine; TSH: thyroid-stimulating hormone; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HAMD: 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; BMI: body mass index; SP: systolic blood pressure; DP: diastolic blood pressure