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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2011 Apr 30;70(4):366–372. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.03.009

Table 1. Participant Demographic and Clinical Characteristics.

Variable Healthy Controls (n=16) Remitted MDD (n=16) P value between groups t-test
Age, mean ± SD 39.3 ± 15.7 43.9 ± 13.3 0.370
Female, % 69 69 1.000
White, % 75 73 0.207
Married/cohabitating, % 56 53 0.887
Employed, % 69 47 0.711
Education, years 8.3 ± 1.7 7 ± 2.3 0.101
HRSD score at study entry, mean ± SD 0.4 ± 1.0 2.0 ± 2.3 0.012
Acceptance (AAQR), mean ± SD 48.1 ± 5.8 40.6 ± 9.1 0.041
Rumination (RSQ), mean ± SD 28.8 ± 5.4 35.9 ± 5.8 0.010
% Relapsing 62
No. of prior episodes, mean ± SD 4.6 ± 2.4
Age of onset, mean ± SD, y 42.6 ± 13.0
Duration of current episode, mean ± D, wk 61.8 ± 83.4
History of prior antidepressant usage, % 73
History of psychiatric hospitalization, % 7
Any Axis I comorbidity, % 38
History of substance abuse or dependence, % 13
Any Axis II comorbidity, % 19