Patients with depression randomly allocated to an aerobic exercise group or a stretching exercise control group in a three months exercise intervention.

Post intervention. Data are presented with estimated mean (SD) unless stated otherwise. Estimation of missing data was performed using a maximum likelihood approach for continuous data and multiple imputations for dichotomous data. P values <0.05 are shown in bold. Abbreviations: HAM-D17/HAM-D6 – Hamilton depression scale with 17 or 6 Items; BDI – Beck’s Depression Inventory II; WHO-5 – World Health Organisation’s well being index; Buschke’s SRT – Buschke’s Selective Reminding Test; RCFT – Rey’s Complex Figure Test; VO2 max – maximal oxygen uptake; HDL – high density lipoproteins; Quicki – Quantitative insulin sensitivity index; hsCRP – high sensitive C reactive Protein; BP – blood pressure.