Table 2.
Demographics, nutrition and clinical characteristics
| Variable | Overall | Remitters (MADRS_END < 8) | Non-Remitters (MADRS_END ≥ 8) | P Value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | mean (%) | std dev | N | mean (%) | std dev | N | mean (%) | std dev | ||
| age at enrollment | 104 | 67.6 | 6.6 | 55 | 67.25 | 6.0 | 49 | 68.0 | 7.2 | 0.5580 |
| sex (% Male) | 104 | 42.3% | 55 | 38.2% | 49 | 46.9% | 0.4285 | |||
| age of onset | 104 | 42.6 | 20.3 | 55 | 47.4 | 18.3 | 49 | 37.39 | 21.19 | 0.0110 |
| MADRS score at enrollment | 104 | 24.9 | 6.7 | 55 | 25.1 | 7.3 | 49 | 24.6 | 6.1 | 0.6546 |
| Dietary Folate* | ||||||||||
| Natural food folate | 104 | 218.9 | 84.8 | 55 | 220.8 | 84.3 | 49 | 216.9 | 86.1 | 0.8172 |
| Fortified folate | 104 | 139.3 | 95.3 | 55 | 135.2 | 83.2 | 49 | 143.9 | 108.1 | 0.6456 |
| Total food folate | 104 | 455.8 | 215.8 | 55 | 450.7 | 191.3 | 49 | 461.5 | 242.4 | 0.7992 |
| Supplemental folate | 104 | 514.7 | 494.6 | 55 | 462.7 | 441.2 | 49 | 572.9 | 547.1 | 0.2587 |
| Total Folate | 102 | 949.5 | 520.4 | 55 | 922.2 | 506.4 | 47 | 981.5 | 539.9 | 0.5683 |
*
DFE= Dietary Folate Equivalents