Alterations in the Levels of Growth Factors in Adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder: A Longitudinal Study during the Treatment with Fluoxetine

Table 1

(a) Demographic data

	Healthy volunteers()	Patients()
Demographics
Age (years)
Gender (male/female)	4/14	4/18
BMI (kg/m^2)
Education (years)
Family history (yes/no)	3/15	8/14
First episode	NA	8
Recurrent episode	NA	14

(b) Molecular and clinimetric data

	HV	Patients			Statistical post hoc analysis
		W0()	W4()	W8()	W0 vs. HV	W4 vs. W0	W8 vs. W0
Cytokine serum levels (pg/mL)
IL-7						ns	ns
IL-9						ns	ns
IL-17A						ns	ns
FGF basic							ns
VEGF						ns	ns
G-CSF							ns
GM-CSF							ns
Clinical psychiatric scale
HDRS	NA				NA

Values are presented as . Statistical analysis was performed by one-way ANOVA with Bonferroni’s post hoc. Statistical significance was attributed when and . HV = healthy volunteers; NA = not applicable; ns = not significant ; vs. = versus; HDRS = Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; W = weeks of clinical follow-up.