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. 2012 Apr 3;2(4):e99. doi: 10.1038/tp.2012.29

Table 1. Demographic characteristics of total sample.

Characteristics Tower of London planning task
Emotional face paradigm
    Genotype         Genotype      
  Total PCLO+ PCLO− χ2 P-value Total PCLO+ PCLO− χ2 P-value
Number of subjects 159 110 49     126 90 36    
Gender (%female) 64.1 64.5 63.3 0.024 >0.05 61.9 61.1 63.8 0.08 >0.05
Age (mean years ±s.d.) 38.17 (10.7) 37.9 (10.2) 38.8 (11.9)   >0.05 38.1 (10.3) 38.0 (10.2) 38.4 (10.7)   >0.05
Education (mean years ±s.d.) 12.5 (3.1) 12.8 (3.3) 11.9 (2.8)   >0.05 12.6 (3.1) 12.8 (3.2) 12.1 (2.8)   >0.05
Scan center (A/L/G) 42/62/55 28/46/36 14/16/19 1.21 >0.05 24/54/48 19/40/31 5/14/17 1.99 >0.05
Diagnosis (MDD/HC) 118/41 84/26 35/15 0.86 >0.05 96/30 69/21 27/9 0.04 >0.05
IDS (mean score ±s.d.) 18.90 (13.5) 20.06 (13.2) 16.27 (14.0)   >0.05 19.46 (13.9) 20.05 (13.6) 17.91 (14.8)   >0.05
MADRS (mean score ±s.d.) 11.89 (10.4) 13.01 (10.3) 9.39 (10.1)   =0.042 12.78 (10.4) 13.53 (10.3) 10.80 (10.4)   >0.05
Duration of SSRI use (months ±s.d.) 22.91 (37.6) 27.77 (38.8) 18.80 (36.5)   >0.05 23 (36.9) 24.75 (37.7) 18.8 (36.5)   >0.05
SSRI use (no/yes) 119/40 82/28 37/12   >0.05 92/34 67/24 25/10   >0.05

Abbreviations: HC, healthy controls; IDS, inventory of depressive symptomatology; MADRS, Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale; MDD, major depressive disorder; PCLO, piccolo; SSRI, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor.