Table 1.
Participant characteristics.
| Age Group | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young | Middle | Old | ||||
| N | 100 | 92 | 92 | |||
| Female | 50% | 56% | 54% | |||
| Caucasian | 40% | 56% | 80% | |||
| African American | 41% | 39% | 15% | |||
| Hispanic | 3% | 3% | 2% | |||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Chronological Age (in years) | 29.62 | 6.78 | 49.63 | 6.18 | 68.57 | 5.51 |
| CESD total depression scorea | 14.40 | 9.44 | 11.77 | 10.27 | 6.66 | 6.52 |
| Years of Education | 16.38 | 2.29 | 16.67 | 2.34 | 16.27 | 2.33 |
| Shipley Vocabulary | 30.78 | 5.32 | 32.39 | 5.18 | 33.19 | 4.68 |
| Pattern Comparison | 19.22 | 3.74 | 16.32 | 4.15 | 14.93 | 3.46 |
| Letter Comparison | 11.58 | 2.51 | 9.61 | 2.04 | 8.79 | 2.10 |
a
Scores can range from 0 to 40; 16 is often considered a cutoff for possibly depressed.