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Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 4 CRP levels among the five MDD subtypes groups (n = 98)

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

Variable

No.

CRP

K

P

Mean

SD

Median

Range

Type of depression

 Atypical

11

9.17

2.33

8.85

5.7–14.69

18.22

0.001**

 Anxious

31

3.32

3.74

1.85

0.21–15.67

  

 Melancholic

19

3.24

3.61

1.52

0.34–14.7

  

 Psychotic

15

3.77

2.93

2.01

0.31–9.04

  

 Unspecified

22

4.05

5.5

1.4

0.21–22.63

  
  1. CRP C-reactive protein, MDD major depressive disorder, SD standard deviation, K Kruskal-Wallis test
  2. **Highly significant (P < 0.001)
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