Table 1 Baseline demographic characteristics by treatment arm

From: Telomere length as a predictor of response to Pioglitazone in patients with unremitted depression: a preliminary study

 

Active (N=22)

Placebo (N=20)

t-test of group differences (N=42)

 

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

t

P

Age

49.42

42.14–56.70

43.28

37.41–49.14

1.61

0.12

BMI

29.98

27.82–33.84

30.04

27.44–35.16

−0.19

0.85

Fasting plasma glucosea

97.25

90.71–103.40

96.90

93.82–102.57

0.10

0.92

Leukocyte telomere lengtha

0.87

0.79–0.95

0.99

0.93–1.08

−2.48

0.02

HOMAa

3.14

2.00–3.58

3.11

2.45–4.38

0.05

0.96

Oral glucose tolerance testa

103.88

91.23–110.62

131.6

107.07–166.43

−2.07

0.05

Baseline HDRS-21

16.73

14.60–19.93

14.55

8.25–14.09

1.43

0.16

  1. Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval.
  2. aMissing data were imputed using fully conditional specification regression. bBolded values significant at P<0.05.