Table 1

Baseline characteristics of participants enrolled in the trial

Variable	Sham	20 Hz	iTBS	F/χ²	p value
Variable	N = 20	N = 20	N = 20	df = 2,59	p value
Age (year)	23.50 (2.99)*	23.85 (2.79)*	23.80 (3.42)*	0.48*	0.785
Sex (male/female)	10/10	11/9	13/7	0.95^△	0.622
Education duration (year)	17.40 (1.89)*	17.10 (1.69)*	18.00 (2.03)*	1.07*	0.587
MoCA	29.6 (0.38)*	29.45 (0.85)*	29.55 (0.47)*	0.22*	0.895
CAVLT-immediate	12.65 (1.18)	12.82 (0.98)	12.96 (0.93)	0.45	0.641
CAVLT-delay	14.75 (0.31)*	14.65 (0.33)*	14.75 (0.31)*	0.65*	0.721
CAVLT-recognition	14.85 (0.21)*	14.85 (0.21)*	14.85 (0.21)*	0.00*	1.000
HAMA	1.90 (1.80)	1.90 (1.62)	2.10 (1.65)	0.09	0.911
HAMD	1.30 (1.46)*	1.45 (1.28)	1.65 (1.58)*	0.62*	0.732
SCWT-dot (s)	12.31 (1.96)	12.40 (1.91)	12.37 (1.90)	0.01	0.988
SCWT-word (s)	14.76 (2.18)	14.84 (2.08)	14.77 (2.62)	0.01	0.993
SCWT-color word (s)	23.69 (5.43)	23.72 (5.13)	22.57 (4.48)	0.34	0.714
DST-Forward	9.45 (1.20)*	9.40 (1.20)*	9.65 (1.18)	0.59*	0.745
DST-Backward	7.15 (1.05)*	7.10 (1.08)*	7.30 (1.09)*	0.39*	0.821
CTT-A (s)	32.79 (9.31)	34.72 (11.14)	31.05 (9.09)	0.69	0.507
CTT-B (s)	65.98 (11.99)	65.75 (14.01)	66.49 (14.32)	0.02	0.984
VFT-sematic	20.13 (4.14)	20.10 (4.15)	20.85 (2.73)	0.26	0.772
VFT-Letter	9.50 (2.65)	9.00 (2.25)	9.15 (2.55)*	0.40*	0.819

Values in parentheses indicate SD; *, performed as median and interquartile range and Kruskal–Wallis Test; △, χ² test.
MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment; HAMA, Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale; HAMD, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; CAVLT, Chinese version of the Auditory Verbal Learning Test; DST, Digital Span Test; SCWT, Stroop Color Word Test; CTT, Color Trail Test; VFT, Verbal Fluency Test.