Identification of 17 novel epigenetic biomarkers associated with anxiety disorders using differential methylation analysis followed by machine learning-based validation

Table 1 Baseline characteristics in this study

	Anxiety disorder patient (n = 94)	Healthy control (n = 296)	p-value
Sex	Male	41 (43.62%)	134 (45.27%)	0.813
Sex	Female	53 (56.38%)	162 (54.73%)
Age		42.98 (15.64)	40.40 (15.76)	0.168
Type of anxiety disorder	Panic disorder	10 (10.64%)	0	NA
	Social anxiety disorder	6 (6.38%)	0
	Generalized anxiety disorder	78 (82.98%)	0

Continuous values are represented as mean (standard deviation). Proportions are shown as absolute number (percentage). The following statistical methods were applied: (Sex: Fisher’s exact test, Age: Student’s t-test, Type of anxiety disorder: Chi-square test). NA = Not Available

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