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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2014 Feb 26;22(12):1633–1641. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2014.02.006

Table 3.

Cognitive Performance for Early and Late Onset Depression Groups (n=171)

Early Onset (n= 99) Late Onset (n=72) Test p
N M (SD) N M (SD)
MMSE 95 27.7 (1.6) 70 27.8 (1.7) F(1,164) = 0.02 0.89
SCWT 95 22.7 (7.4) 71 21.1 (9.1) F(1,165) = 1.32 0.25
DRS IP 96 32.6 (3.5) 70 32.0 (3.8) F(1,165) = 1.04 0.30
WCST 94 26.2 (11.1) 66 27.7 (10.9) F(1,159) = 1.44 0.23
TMT B 87 127.6 (54.7) 57 148.5 (68.0) F(1,143) = 3.36 0.07
HVLT L 94 21.9 (5.3) 68 19.9 (5.7) F(1,161) = 4.28 0.04
HVLT M 94 7.5 (3.6) 67 6.2 (3.0) F(1,160) = 4.65 0.03

MMSE = Mini Mental State Exam, SCWT = Stroop Color Word Test, DRS-IP = Dementia Rating Scale – Initiation/Perseveration, WCST = Wisconsin Card Sort Test, TMT B= Trail Making Test Part B, HVLT-L = Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Learning, HVLT-M = Hopkins Verbal Learning Test – Memory.

Note: F Statistic corresponds with the group effect of age of depression onset