Acupoint Temperature Biomarkers for Adolescent Major Depressive Disorder

A prospective, multi-center observational study enrolled 108 participants (65 adolescents with MDD and 43 healthy controls). Infrared thermography data from 27 acupoints was used to develop diagnostic models for major depressive disorder. The dataset, authored by Siying Qu and last updated in April 2026, is available on figshare under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Developing diagnostic models for adolescent depression based on infrared thermography data.
• Analyzing correlations between acupoint temperature and depression severity.
• Validating non-invasive biomarker-based diagnostic tools using logistic regression.
• Exploring the relationship between specific acupoints (Taiyang, Quchi, Yanggu, Waiqiu) and clinical outcomes.

Strengths

• Includes data from 108 participants (65 MDD patients and 43 healthy controls).
• Analyzes infrared thermography data from 27 specific acupoints.
• Provides validated diagnostic models with reported AUC (0.785) and C-index (0.752).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic or population bias inherent to the specific clinical study.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Prospective, multi-center observational study using infrared thermography.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-29 05:58:01; freshness should be verified.