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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants at baseline

From: Vitamin D3 supplementation and treatment outcomes in patients with depression (D3-vit-dep)

 

Intervention group (n = 28)

Control group (n = 34)

Total (n = 62)

Female, n (%)

21 (75.0)

23 (67.7)

47 (69.1)

Age (years), mean (SD)

39.6 (13.5)

38.7 (11.4)

39.1 (12.3)

Normal 25(OH)D (≥ 50 nmol/L), n (%)

10 (35.6)

13 (38.2)

23 (35.5)

Insufficient 25(OH)D (25–50 nmol/L), n (%)

11 (39.3)

11 (32.4)

22 (35.5)

Deficient 25(OH)D (< 25 nmol/L), n (%)

7 (25.0)

10 (29.4)

17 (27.4)

SSRI, n (%)*

17 (60.7)

12 (35.3)

29 (46.8)

SNRI, n (%)

12 (42.9)

18 (52.9)

30 (48.4)

Depression (HAM-D17), mean (SD)

18 (6)

18 (6)

18 (6)

  1. SSRI selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, SNRI serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors
  2. * Significantly different between the two groups (p = 0.046)