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Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 4 Average total ghrelin level among different severity degrees of depression

From: The role of ghrelin peptide among a sample of Egyptian patients with first episode of major depressive disorder

 

Serum ghrelin(ng/ml)

t test or ANOVA

Post hoc test

N

Mean ± SD

T or F

P value

 

p value

HamD-17

Mild

11

4.455

 ± 

1.409

4.823

0.018*

P1

0.997

Moderate

11

4.418

 ± 

1.178

P2

0.019*

Severe

3

2.067

 ± 

0.231

P3

0.021*

  1. * with significance
  2. Ham D-17 Hamilton Depression Scale, SD Standard deviation, Post hoc test: P1 is comparing mild to moderate, P2 is comparing mild to severe, and P3 is comparing moderate to severe
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