Table 1 Overview of the results
Case no | m/f | vit. start 1 = deficient | vit. end | DHEA-S start | DHEA-S end | DASS-21 start | DASS-21 end | DASS-21 diff | suppl. start 1 = yes 0 = no | wrong suppl. start 1 = yes | diagnosis at start | depr. duration | depr. at start 1 = yes 0 = no | Status end (free text) | existing antidepr. med | additional info/ background/trigger |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 4 | -24 | 1 | 1 | depression | 6 mon | 1 | very good | 0 | Â |
2 | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 60 |  + 8 | 1 |  | depression | 6 mon | 1 | unchanged | 0 | trauma |
3 | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 58 |  + 38 | 1 |  |  |  | 0 | life incident | 0 |  |
4 | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 28 |  + 6 | 1 |  |  |  | 0 | stress increased | 0 | Hashimoto |
5 | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 36 | -32 | 1 | 1 | depression | 4 mon | 1 | good | 1 | injury |
6 | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 40 | -8 | 0 |  | depression | 5 + yrs | 1 | better | 1 | SSRI |
7 | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 28 | -4 | 1 |  | depression | 5 + yrs | 1 | much better | 0 | Hashimoto |
8 | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Â | Â | Â | 0 | unchanged | 0 | Â |
9 | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 14 | -60 | 0 | Â | depression | 2 mon | 1 | very good | 0 | Â |
10 | F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 28 | -36 | 1 | 1 | depression | 6 mon | 1 | much better | 0 | Hashimoto |
11 | M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 22 | -30 | 1 | Â | Â | Â | 0 | better | 0 | Â |
12 | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 28 | -58 | 0 |  | depression | 2–5 yrs | 1 | good | 1 | SSRI |
13 | M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | -2 | 1 | Â | Â | Â | 0 | very good | 0 | Â |
14 | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 12 | -38 | 1 | 1 | depression | 5 + yrs | 1 | good | 0 |  |
15 | M | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | -32 | 1 | 1 | depr.episodes | 6 mon | 1 | very good | 0 | Â |
16 | M | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 8 | -36 | 0 |  | depr.episodes | 2–5 yrs | 1 | good | 0 |  |
17 | F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | -6 | 1 | Â | Â | Â | 0 | very good | 0 | Â |