Cortical activation for adolescent-onset minor depression and major depressive disorder: an fNIRS study

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants

	Minor depression group (n = 62)^a	MDD group (n = 44)^b	HC group (n = 54)^c	F/χ²	p	Post-hoc
Age	15.29 ± 1.69	16.70 ± 2.71	19.22 ± 2.58	41.952	< 0.001	a < b < c
Gender	20:42	12:32	8:46	4.851	0.088	-
Years of Education	9.92 ± 1.74	10.20 ± 2.75	13.65 ± 2.92	37.984	< 0.001	a < c, b < c
HAMD	16.00 ± 3.11	24.59 ± 7.49	1.40 ± 2.27	309.056	< 0.001	c < a < b
HAMA	13.37 ± 4.09	15.34 ± 4.90	1.16 ± 2.07	197.972	< 0.001	c < a < b

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