Correlations between major depressive disorder, splenic morphology, and immune function

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1 Comprehensive contrast of demographic and clinical data

Indexes	Patient Group (n = 80)		Normal Group (n = 80)	t/χ²	P
Indexes	Study Group (n = 40)	Control Group (n = 40)	Normal Group (n = 80)	t/χ²	P
Male/Female	18/22	18/22	30/50	0.925^a,b	0.335
Age (years)	37.92 ± 11.74		39.00 ± 11.44	- 0.587	0.558
Age (years)	39.30 ± 10.69	36.55 ± 12.69	-	1.048	0.298
Education time (years)	14.11 ± 2.58		14.51 ± 2.71	- 0.957	0.158
Education time (years)	13.80 ± 2.67	14.43 ± 2.48	-	1.084	0.282

Note: the patient group = the MDD group; both the study group and the control group were included in the MDD group, with (S)-ketamine as the intervention factor
^aχ²-test
^bContrasting the patient group with the normal control group

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