Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Reveals Abnormal Hemodynamics in the Left Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex of Menopausal Depression Patients

Table 1

Demographic and clinical data as well as the number of items generated during the VFT from the MD and MDD patients and HCs.

Demographics	MD	MDD	HC	ANOVA	MD versus MDD	MD versus HC	MDD versus HC
				Gender (female/male)	30/0	30/0	30/0
Age (years)				<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.237
Disease duration (years)			—	0.085	—	—	—
Education level (years)				0.072	—	—	—
Medication (with/without)	13/17	7/23	—	—	—	—	—
HAMD				<0.001	0.877	<0.001	<0.001
Vegetables				0.230	0.126	0.152	0.920
Family applications				0.004	0.719	0.003	0.007
Four-footed animals				0.004	0.212	0.001	0.036
Fruit				0.005	0.078	0.001	0.116

MD: menopausal depression, MDD: major depressive disorder, HC: healthy control.