Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of MDD patients without anxiety and MDD patients with anxiety

Age

36.13 ± 2.75

36.31 ± 2.74

-0.046

0.964

Sex (Female/Male)

11/12

24/8

4.270

0.039

BMI (kg/m²)

22.61 ± 0.64

22.34 ± 0.65

0.284

0.778

Education (years)

10.13 ± 0.98

9.12 ± 0.95

0.719

0.475

Marital status (Yes/No)

12/11

19/13

0.282

0.595

Smoking status (Yes/No)

4/19

3/29

0.774

0.379

Suicidal ideation (Yes/No)

13/10

14/18

0.873

0.350

HAMD-24

31.87 ± 1.74

37.37 ± 1.73

-2.189

0.033

HAMA

11.87 ± 0.71

26.26 ± 1.18

-10.431

< 0.001