Table 2.

Outcome after 32 months among 54 patients with major depressive disorder according to presence of severe deep white matter lesions on magnetic resonance imaging

Outcome	Severe white matter lesions			Without severe white matter lesions
	No (%)	95% CI (%)		No (%)	95% CI (%)
Continuously well*	0 (0)	0 to 21		11 (27)	14 to 43
Recovered, one relapse and recovered	1 (8)	0 to 36		7 (17)	7 to 32
Continuously ill or recovered, relapsed and then remained ill	6 (46)	19 to 75		14 (34)	20 to 51
Demented/died	6 (46)	19 to 75		9 (22)	11 to 38
Total	13			41

^*Fisher’s exact probability test (two tailed) for comparison of good (continuously well) v bad outcomes (other categories) P = 0.048.