Gender-specific association of biochemical variables with depression: a population-based case-control study from North India

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 3 Median distribution of glucose and lipid variables in cases and controls

			FBG (mg/dl)	TC (mg/dl)	TG (mg/dl)	HDL (mg/dl)	LDL (mg/dl)	VLDL (mg/dl)
Overall	Non-depressed	N	243	243	242	242	239	242
	Non-depressed	Median	77.41	175.50	99.16	50.35	106.15	19.80
	Depressed	N	250	250	250	249	245	250
	Depressed	Median	77.04	169.16	106.02	51.87	93.22	21.20
	p-value		0.375	0.066	0.163	0.647	0.004*	0.125
Males	Non-depressed	N	80	80	80	79	78	80
	Non-depressed	Median	79.52	187.94	110.745	48.00	119.73	21.52
	Depressed	N	82	82	82	81	80	82
	Depressed	Median	75.35	168.31	110.155	46.40	90.71	22.031
	p-value		0.288	0.001*	0.912	0.563	< 0.001*	0.899
Females	Non-depressed	N	163	163	162	163	161	162
	Non-depressed	Median	75.38	171.04	93.997	51.22	98.618	18.799
	Depressed	N	168	168	168	168	165	168
	Depressed	Median	77.55	169.30	103.315	49.60	95.442	20.663
	p-value		0.064	0.999	0.074	0.835	0.370	0.074