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Table 1 Demographics of included samples

From: Effects of stressful life-events on DNA methylation in panic disorder and major depressive disorder

 

PD discovery (PDI)

PD replication (PDII)

MDD cases

p-value

Chi-Square*

p-value

ANOVA*

n

109

159

102

  

Cases (%)

87 (79.81%)

96 (60.38%)

102 (100%)

 < 0.01

NA

Controls (%)

22 (20.19%)

63 (39.62%)

NA

 < 0.01

NA

Male (%)

44 (40.37%)

54 (33.96%)

64 (62.75%)

 < 0.01

NA

Female (%)

65 (59.63%)

105 (66.04%)

38 (37.25%)

 < 0.01

NA

Mean age (SD)

47.65 (9.65)

38.23 (10.27)

47.76 (13.63)

NA

 < 0.01

Mean log wLE (SD) in cases

4.16 (0.61)

4.21 (0.67)

4.26 (0.61)

NA

0.59

  1. *p-value for differences in means of quantitative variables are based on ANOVA, p-values for differences in proportions of categorical variables are based on Chi-Square-Test
  2. wLE: weighted life events