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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants

From: Serum TNFα and IL-17A levels may predict increased depressive symptoms: findings from the Shika Study cohort project in Japan

 

Men

Women

Differences

 

N

Mean

S.D

Range

N

Mean

S.D

Range

t value

p value

Age (years)

111

59.95

11.754

40–87

122

59.78

12.502

40–84

0.11

0.92

BMI (kg/m2)

111

24.354

3.0722

17.6–32.7

121

22.64

3.6453

16.1–32.9

3.86

< 0.0005

CES-D score (2015)

111

10.2

7.456

0–36

122

10.56

8.218

0–44

0.93

0.36

CES-D score (2019)

17

11.41

8.938

0–33

16

8.75

7.28

0–25

0.35

0.73

TNFα (pg/mL)

110

5.82

2.191

1.75–14.75

122

6.19

2.298

1.46–16.27

1.25

0.21

IL-6 (pg/mL)

110

3.43

3.041

0.00–24.18

121

3.3

3.194

0.00–32.98

0.31

0.76

IL-10 (pg/mL)

110

13.79

19.499

0.00–152.21

122

14.73

12.487

0.00–72.51

0.44

0.66

IL-12 (pg/mL)

110

3.51

2.276

0.20–10.18

121

3.92

2.28

0.00–13.09

1.38

0.17

IL-17A (pg/mL)

110

5.33

4.032

0.00–20.43

122

7.34

6.864

0.00–35.78

2.75

0.01

 

N

   

N

   

χ2 value

p value

Smoking habit

          

Non-smoker

22

   

95

   

79.7

< 0.0005

Ex-smoker

53

   

12

     

Current smoker

36

   

15

     

Alcohol consumption

          

Yes

73

   

35

   

13.8

< 0.0005

No

38

   

87

     

Living alone

          

Yes

8

   

7

   

0.21

0.65

No

101

   

111

     
  1. Continuous variables were examined using unpaired t-tests and categorical variables using chi-square tests
  2. BMI Body mass index, CES-D the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, IL Interleukin, TNF Tumour necrosis factor
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