Effect of esketamine and etomidate anesthesia on neuroplasticity in electroconvulsive therapy for treatment-resistant depression

Table 1 Comparison of general data between two groups of patients, n (%)

Group	n	Age (years)	BMI (kg/m2)	Gender		Smoke	Alcohol	Course of disease (months)	Years of education (years)	Pretherapy HAMD-24
				Male	Female
Combined group	56	33.8 ± 8.1	24.10 ± 2.14	38 (67.86)	18 (32.14)	31 (55.36)	35 (62.50)	15.81 ± 8.80	11.7 ± 3.0	41.8 ± 4.3
Control group	54	34.5 ± 8.9	23.76 ± 2.34	34 (62.96)	20 (37.04)	28 (51.85)	31 (57.41)	16.32 ± 8.73	12.4 ± 3.4	40.5 ± 4.1
t/χ2		-1.043	0.792	0.291		0.136	0.297	-1.449	-1.140	1.615
P value		0.299	0.430	0.589		0.712	0.586	0.150	0.257	0.109

BMI: Body mass index; HAMD-24: Hamilton Depression Scale-24.