From: Serum L-selectin levels as predictive markers for chronic major depressive disorder progression
Sample set | Discovery set | Validation set | ||||||
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HCc (n = 27) | MDD-Sd (n = 24) | MDD-Re (n = 20) | HC (n = 66) | MDD-S (n = 43) | MDD-R(2)f (n = 28) | MDD-R(> 2)g (n = 11) | ||
Sex | Male/female | 6/21 | 7/17 | 6/14 | 13/53 | 10/33 | 8/20 | 3/8 |
Age | Mean ± SDb | 56 ± 11 | 43 ± 12 | 49 ± 17 | 61 ± 10 | 47 ± 18 | 52 ± 19 | 59 ± 17 |
HAMD-17a | Mean ± SDb |  | 21 ± 6 | 19 ± 4 |  | 21 ± 6 | 21 ± 5 | 19 ± 7 |
Drug treatment | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 +  | n |  | 12 | 11 |  | 22 | 11 | 10 |
 − | n |  | 12 | 9 |  | 21 | 17 | 1 |