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Table 1 Demographic and basic information of the participants

From: Effect of Tai Chi on Young Adults with Subthreshold Depression via a Stress–Reward Complex: A Randomized Controlled Trial

 

Total (n = 103)

Experimental group (n = 49)

Control group

(n = 54)

χ2/t /Z

P

Gender

Female [n (%)]

70 (67.96%)

34 (69.39%)

36 (66.67%)

0.087

0.768

Male [n (%)]

33 (32.04)

15 (30.61)

18 (33.33)

Age (years)#

19.00 (18.00, 20.00)

19.00 (19.00, 20.00)

19.00 (18.00, 20.00)

− 1.744

0.081

BMI# (kg/m2)

20.90 (18.62, 23.24)

20.75 (18.95, 22.55)

20.81 (18.05, 23.99)

− 0.426

0.673

TIV (ml)

1451.39 (166.79)

1432.92 (118.78)

1455.30 (109.15)

− 1.539

0.127

Education (years)#

14.00 (13.00, 14.00)

13.00 (13.00,14.00)

14.00 (13.00, 14.00)

− 0.725

0.479

CES-D score#

20.00 (17.00, 27.00)

20.00 (18.00,27.00)

22.00 (16.50, 27.50)

− 0.589

0.558

PHQ-9 score#

9.00 (7.00, 12.00)

9.57 (4.11)

9.00 (6.00, 12.00)

− 0.799

0.427

GAD-7 score#

7.00 (4.00,10.00)

7.73 (4.65)

7.00 (4.00, 10.00)

− 0.670

0.506

SF-36 score

557.40 (96.98)

551.49 (91.18)

554.17 (503.34, 639.38)

− 0.587

0.558

AUCg#

4.72 (0.26, 8.08)

5.72 (3.73)

3.75 (0.22,7.70)

− 2.602

0.009

AUCi#

− 0.01 (− 0.15, 2.09)

0.46 (− 0.10, 2.82)

− 0.08 (− 0.19, 1.17)

− 2.239

0.025

Putamen GMV

0.30 (0.03)

0.30 (0.04)

0.29 (0.03)

0.971

0.335

  1. BMI body mass index; CES-D Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; GAD-7 Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale; GMV gray matter volume; PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire; SF-36 the medical outcomes study 36-item short-form health survey; and TIV total intracranial volume
  2. #Data are presented as median (P25, P75) due to an abnormal distribution and were examined using the Mann–Whitney U-test