Table 2.

Comparison of cognitive and somatic scores for the myocardial infarction and psychiatric out-patient groups

	Post-AMI patient group				Psychiatric out-patient group				Somatic score comparison
Cognitive score	n	Cognitive/affective score Mean	Somatic score Mean	Somatic score as proportion of total score %	n	Cognitive/affective score Mean	Somatic score Mean	Somatic score as proportion of total score %	Difference in somatic scores	Hedges’s g	P
0-3	56	1.59	4.50	73.9	56	1.59	3.46	68.5	1.04	0.35	0.065
4-7	55	5.51	5.65	50.6	55	5.51	5.11	48.1	0.55	0.21	0.276
8-11	44	9.25	6.36	40.7	44	9.25	7.43	44.5	-1.07	-0.32	0.129
12+	54	16.78	9.25	35.5	54	16.78	10.02	37.4	-0.76	-0.20	0.293
Total	209	8.16	6.43	44.1	209	8.16	6.43	44.1	0.00	0.00	1.000

AMI, acute myocardial infarction.