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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 24.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2009 Mar;66(3):275–285. doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2008.545

Table 3.

Statistical Analyses of Regions of Interest (Omnibus Repeated-Measures ANOVA)

Effecta Patients With Comorbid MDD/Anxiety Includedb
Patients With Comorbid MDD/Anxiety Excludedc
Left Amygdala
Right Amygdala
Left Amygdala
Right Amygdala
F Value df P Value F Value df P Value F Value df P Value F Value df P Value
Main effect
 Group (between-subject effect) 0.98 2, 84 .38 1.25 2, 84 .29 0.52 2, 70 .60 1.40 2, 70 .25
 Emotion (within-subject effect) 6.49 2.9, 240.1 <.001d 3.34 2.6, 219.2 .03d 4.45 2.8, 194.2 .006d 1.70 2.5, 177.4 .18
 Attention (within-subject effect) 7.53 2.8, 238.5 <.001d 0.16 2.8, 236.2 .91 5.66 2.8, 196.1 .001d 0.15 2.6, 185.1 .91
2-Way interaction
 Group × emotion 2.16 5.7, 240.1 .05 1.80 5.2, 219.2 .11 2.02 5.6, 194.2 .07 1.94 5.1, 177.4 .09
 Group × attention 3.00 5.7, 238.5 .009d 0.88 5.6, 236.2 .50 2.74 5.6, 196.1 .02d 0.63 5.3, 185.1 .69
 Emotion × attention 1.21 7.4, 621.1 .30 1.69 6.6, 553.6 .12 1.45 7.2, 505.0 .18 1.31 6.0, 416.6 .25
3-Way interaction
 Group × emotion × attention 2.68 14.8, 621.1 .001d 2.01 13.2, 553.6 .02d 2.71 14.4, 505.0 .001d 1.90 11.9, 416.6 .03d

Abbreviations: ANOVA, analysis of variance; MDD, major depressive disorder.

a

Results of omnibus repeated-measures analyses of variance (Greenhouse-Geisser corrected). “Group” includes MDD, anxiety, and control; “emotion,” neutral, fearful, angry, and happy; “attention,” hostile, afraid, nose, and passive.

b

Patients with MDD with and without comorbid anxiety disorder (n=26), patients with anxiety (n=16), and healthy controls (n=45).

c

Patients with MDD without comorbid anxiety disorder (n=12), patients with anxiety (n=16), and healthy controls (n=45).

d

Significant at P < .05.