Table 3

Quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG) findings


AUDS patients
n = 16
MDE patients
n = 16
p-valuea

Delta activity (μV)




frontocentral
8.8 (2.3)
7.6 (1.6)
0.08

temporal
10.3 (3.1)
8.5 (1.6)
0.03

parietooccipital
8.8 (2.9)
7.21 (1.4)
0.10

Theta activity (μV)




frontocentral
7.6 (3.4)
6.9 (2.5)
0.78

temporal
9.0 (4.3)
7.8 (2.5)
0.67

parietooccipital
8.5 (4.2)
7.5 (2.8)
0.56

Alpha activity (μV)




frontocentral
10.9 (4.8)
11.7 (4.6)
0.59

temporal
12.4 (5.8)
12.7 (4.8)
0.62

parietooccipital
14.9 (9.3)
15.1 (5.8)
0.42

Alpha peak frequency (Hz)




occipital
9.94 (0.63)
10.24 (0.73)
0.27

occipital absolute side difference
0.86 (0.71)
0.46 (0.38)
0.13

Mean regional spectral amplitudes in μV (Standard deviation, SD) and alpha peak frequency in Hz (SD). Test 1, 2 and 3, (left and right side) values have been averaged.

aMann-Whitney U test,

AUDS: Acute Unstable Depressive Syndrome. MDE: Major Depressive Episode

Bjørk et al. BMC Psychiatry 2008 8:89   doi:10.1186/1471-244X-8-89