Depression in patients with SAPHO syndrome and its relationship with brain activity and connectivity

Table 1 Clinical and demographic characteristics

Groups	D-SAPHO (n = 13)	ND-SAPHO (n = 15)	NC (n = 15)	P value
Groups	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Ages (years)	49.3 ± 8.7	40.6 ± 13.7	44.5 ± 10.9	0.1642^a
Gender (M/F)	5/8	8/7	7/8	0.669^b
Disease duration (months)	37.3 ± 45.1	27.8 ± 42.8	NA	0.5860^c
HDRS score	18.1 ± 5.3	5.8 ± 2.7	3.1 ± 2.3	<0.0001^a
VAS	4.0 ± 1.2	4.1 ± 3.4	NA	0.8974^c
BASDAI	3.6 ± 1.5	2.7 ± 2.3	NA	0.2359^c
BASFI	2.6 ± 2.4	2.3 ± 2.9	NA	0.9466^c

D-SAPHO: depressed SAPHO patients; ND-SAPHO: non-depressed SAPHO patients; NC: normal controls; HDRS: Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; VAS: Visual Analogue Scale; BASDAI: Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index; BASFI: Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index.
^aThe P value was obtained by one-way ANOVA.
^bThe P value was obtained by a chi-squared test
^cThe P value was obtained by two sample t-tests

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