Exploring the Correlation between Changes in Gut Microbial Community Diversity and Depression in Human Populations

Table 2

Descriptive characteristics of subjects with depression and healthy comparison group.

Characteristics	Depression	Healthy comparisons	value^1
Number	40	22	-^2
Age ( years)			.803
Sex {M, (%)}	15 (37.5)	13 (59.1)	.118
Alcohol intake {yes, (%)}	14 (35.0)	13 (59.1)	.108
Smoking {yes, (%)}	15 (37.5)	12 (54.5)	.285
Laboratory data	Depression	Healthy comparisons	value^1
Total cholesterol ()			.185
Triglyceride ()			.990
Glucose ()			.074
AST ()			.676
ALT ()			.184

Abbreviation: ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase. ¹ values are based on two-sample -test for continuous variables and Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables. ²No comparison between two groups.