C-reactive protein and clinical subtypes of major depressive disorder at Zagazig University Hospitals

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the five MDD subtypes groups (n = 98)

Variable	Atypical (n = 11) 11.2%		Anxious (n = 31) 31.6%		Melancholic (n = 19) 19.4%		Psychotic (n = 15) 15.3%		Unspecified (n = 22) 22.4%		f	P
Age: (years)
Mean ± SD	35.7 ± 11.06		36.5 ± 10.4		42.9 ± 10.9		45.6 ± 11.38		35.4 ± 12.66		2.85	0.03*
Range	20–58		19–60		19–57		18–57		18–59		2.85	0.03*
BMI: (Kg/m²)
Mean ± SD	29.33 ± 3.98		29.06 ± 3.42		30.8 ± 4.56		30.36 ± 3.19		30.03 ± 2.99		0.77	0.54NS
Range	21–35		23–37		22–41.6		22.8–35		26–39.6		0.77	0.54NS
Variable	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	χ²	P
Sex
Male	1	9.1	8	25.8	9	47.4	9	60	7	31.8	9.93	0.04*
Female	10	90.9	23	74.2	10	52.6	6	40	15	68.2	9.93	0.04*
Marital status
Single	3	27.3	6	19.3	3	15.8	3	20	5	22.7	5.88	0.92NS
Married	6	54.5	20	64.5	10	52.6	9	60	14	63.6
Widow	1	9.1	4	13	2	10.5	1	6.7	1	4.5
Divorced	1	9.1	1	3.2	4	21.1	2	13.3	2	9.1
Education
Illiterate	1	9.1	7	22.6	3	15.8	1	6.7	1	4.5	22.2	0.03*
Basic	5	45.5	8	25.8	8	42.1	5	33.3	8	36.4
High school	1	9.1	12	38.7	7	36.8	3	20	12	54.5
College	4	36.3	4	13	1	5.3	6	40	1	4.5
Occupation
Working	2	18.2	15	48.4	11	57.9	10	66.7	7	31.8	8.94	0.06NS
Not Working	9	81.8	16	51.6	8	42.1	5	33.3	15	68.2	8.94	0.06NS
Residence
Urban	5	45.5	8	25.8	7	36.8	6	40	6	27.3	2.28	0.68NS
Rural	6	54.5	23	74.2	12	63.2	9	60	16	72.7	2.28	0.68NS
Smoking
Yes	1	9.1	7	22.6	7	36.8	5	33.3	5	22.7	3.55	0.47NS
No	10	90.9	24	77.4	12	63.2	10	66.7	17	77.3	3.55	0.47NS

MDD major depressive disorder, BMI body mass index, SD standard deviation, f one-way ANOVA, χ2 chi-square test, NS non-significant (P > 0.05)
*Significant (P < 0.05)