. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 13.

Published in final edited form as: J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2011 Jun 24;24(3):142–150. doi: 10.1177/0891988711409408

Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Nondepressed Controls (ND)

	MDD, M ± SD	ND, M ± SD
Age	75.0 ± 9.6	78.5 ± 8.0
Education	15.9 ± 2.6	16.0 ± 2.4
Sex	5F,3M	6F,2M
HDRS-17	16.0 ± 4.8	1.9 ± 1.1
Time to complete 10 m walk (seconds)	12.5 ± 3.2	18.1±13.2
Charlson comorbidity index	3.8 ± 1.5	4.3 ± 1.0
Number of falls	1.0 ± 1.8	0.5 ± 0.5
Number of medications	4.8 ± 3.2	5.1 ± 3.0
MMSE	27.9 ± 2.4	28.1 ± 2.1

Abbreviations: HDRS, Hamilton Depression Rating scale; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; F, female; M, male.

All > .05, except HDRS (< .001).