Table 1 (a) Characteristics of patients and healthy controlsa and (b) comparison of key patient variables at the acute phase and time of scanningb.

From: Structural brain networks in remitted psychotic depression

(a)

Patients (n = 86)

Controls (n = 159)

χ2

t (df = 243)

p Value

Sex (n)

M 34, F 52

M 72, F 87

0.751

 

0.386

Age (years)

54.5 (15.2)

44.7 (18.5)

 

1.970

<0.001

Education (years)

13.9 (3.5)

15.6 (2.4)

 

−4.516

<0.001

Total MMSE

28.0 (2.0)

29.3 (1.0)

 

−6.778

<0.001

Total CIRS-G

3.6 (3.6)

2.0 (2.0)

 

4.651

<0.001

(b)

Acute

Time of scanning

t (df = 85)

p Value

HAM-D

28.3 (4.6)

5.8 (3.7)

38.245

<0.001

CGI-S

5.1 (0.9)

1.4 (0.7)

31.608

<0.001

Weight (kg)

73.7 (17.9)

81.7 (17.8)

−11.213

<0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

26.5 (5.8)

29.3 (5.5)

−11.165

<0.001

  1. Mean (SD) unless indicated otherwise.
  2. F female, M male, Total MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, Total CIRS-G Cumulative Illness Rating Scale-Geriatrics, HAM-D 17 Item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, CGI-S Clinical Global Impression Severity, BMI body mass index.
  3. aSignificance is reported for two-sample, two-tailed t tests, assuming equal variance.
  4. bSignificance for the comparison of variables at the acute phase to time of scanning is reported for paired, one-tailed t tests, assuming equal variance.
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