Table 2.

Beck Depression Inventory and Hamilton Depression Rating Scale Scores (Mean + SD) Grouped by Ethnicity

	African- Americans	Asian- Americans	Mexican- Americans	Non- Hispanic Whites	ANCOVA
	(n = 17)	(n = 19)	( n = 22)	(n = 41)	Age	Gender	Ethnicity
Total BDI score	22.0 ± 6.5	28.5 ±11.1	30.3 ± 8.9	27.2 ± 8.2	2.60	1.96	2.711
Total 17-item HDRS score	20.2 ± 3.8	21.1 ± 4.3	23.1 ± 5.3	22.0 ± 4.2	0.29	0.57	1.48
Total 24-item HDRS score	25.8 ± 5.4	28.5 ± 6.6	30.7 ± 6.8	27.5 ± 6.9	0.12	1.06	1.85
Somatization	1.9 ± 0.6	1.8 ± 0.7	2.1 ± 0.8	1.9 ± 0.7	0.48	0.49	0.93
Diurnal variation	−0.3 ± 0.7a	−0.3 ± 0.9a	−0.3 ± 1.4a	0.5 + 1.0b	0.39	3.54	3.54*
Sleep disturbance	2.3 ± 1.2	2.0 ± 1.1	2.8 ± 1.0	2.3 ± 1.2	1.55	0.01	1.86
Weight loss	0.9 ± 1.0	1.6 ± 1.4	1.3 ± 1.5	1.3 ± 1.6	0.25	0.26	0.65
Reality disturbance	0.8 ± 0.4	0.7 ± 0.5	0.8 ± 0.4	0.7 ± 0.4	0.03	1.53	0.66
Depressed mood	1.6 ± 0.5	1.9 ± 0.4	1.9 ± 0.6	2.0 ± 0.5	0.01	0.62	2.30
Anxiety/agitation	2.6 + 1.3	2.9 ± 1.3	3.0 ± 1.5	3.1 ± 1.3	0.19	0.04	0.52

BDI = Beck Depression Inventory; HDRS = Hamilton Depression Rating Scale;

¹df = 3,77;

^*p ≤ .05

Different subscripts denote significant differences between the groups.