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. 2013 Oct 7;8(10):e78292. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078292

Table 2. Comparison between all depressed (MDD-only and MDD+PTSD) and healthy control (HC) subjects.

Parameters Estimate (bias) SEM t p 95% CI boot
Lower Limit Upper Limit
Early Discounting (β)
HC 0.664 (0.007) 0.147 4.939 < 0.001 0.4133 0.9922
MDD 1.540 (-0.049) 0.372 6.148 < 0.001 1.074 2.479
Group differences in early discounting (β* g)
HC vs. MDD 0.876 (0.048) 0.398 3.081 0.002 0.3018 1.7999
Late Discounting over gains (δ)
HC -0.012 (0.001) 0.012 -1.155 0.249 -0.0338 0.0126
MDD 0.042 (0.001) 0.013 2.999 0.003 0.0165 0.0681
Late Discounting over losses (δ* l)
HC -0.022 (-0.000) 0.014 -1.739 0.083 -0.0501 0.0044
MDD -0.046 (-0.000) 0.016 -2.798 0.005 -0.0773 -0.0138
Group differences in late discounting over gains (δ* g)
HC vs. MDD 0.054 (-0.000) 0.018 3.088 0.002 0.0187 0.0883
Group differences in late discounting over losses (δ* g* l)
HC vs. MDD -0.023 (0.000) 0.021 -1.123 0.262 -0.0648 0.0181

Results from the best fitting quasi-hyperbolic model and bootstrap analysis showing parameter estimates for each group and group differences in early and late discounting over gains and losses.

β: early discounting, δ: late discounting, g: effect of group on discounting slope, l: effect of loss on discounting slope. Parameter estimates are shown together with their estimated bias based on bootstrap analyses (in parentheses), respective standard errors (SEM), t statistic, p values, and 95% confidence intervals from confirmatory nonparametric bootstrap analyses.

Parameter estimates reflect quasi-hyperbolic intertemporal choice functions for each group (β, δ and, δ * l). Interactions with the group dummy (g) reflect differences in slopes between groups for delays smaller than one year (β* g), as well as delays greater than one year in the domain of gains (δ* g) and losses (δ* g * l).