TABLE 1.

Characteristics of Patients With Dementia and Comparison Subjects With and Without Comorbid Depression

	Nondemented Subjects (121)		Patients With Dementia (192)
	Nondepressed (99)	Depression or Depression History at Baseline (25)	Nondepressed (154)	Depression or Depression History at Baseline (38)
Age at baseline	86.02 (8.24)	85.11 (3.81)	87.24 (6.09)	88.57 (5.88)
N female (%)	76 (76.7)	19 (76.0)	132 (85.7)	29 (76.38)
Education	11.15 (3.21)	12.23 (2.78)	12.57 (2.98)	11.46 (2.28)
CDR score at baseline	0.16 (.24)	0.48 (0.58)	2.12 (0.47)	2.33 (0.65)
Number of comorbid medical diagnoses	2.61 (1.49)	2.75 (1.44)	2.56 (1.50)	2.73 (1.45)
MMSE at baseline	25.58 (3.07), N=99	25.65 (2.57), N=25	19.01 (4.35), N= 154	19.91 (2.67), N=38
MMSE Year 1	25.56 (3.84), N=89	25.14 (3.62), N=23	16.21 (5.58), N= 128	18.7 (5.14), N=23
MMSE Year 2	26.36 (2.69), N=72	24.75 (3.13), N=16	14.74 (5.93), N= 88	13.84 (8.34), N=22
MMSE Year 3	27.25 (1.77), N=56	23.22 (1.66), N=11	12.24 (7.49), N= 56	10.12 (7.07), N=13

Notes: Values in parentheses reflect standard deviations except where otherwise indicated. Longitudinal sample size is given in each column.