Table 2.
Demographic and neuropsychological characteristics of patients and controls
|
Variable |
VD |
MD |
Control |
Kruskal Wallis ANOVA |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H(2.33) | p-value | ||||
|
Age |
67.72 ± 3.29 |
57.18 ± 7.12 |
67.36 ± 3.75 |
12.20 |
0.002* |
|
Age at onset |
62.27 ± 5.04 |
27.82 ± 7.32 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Education |
7.91 ± 5.75 |
12.18 ± 5.98 |
9.64 ± 5.08 |
3.25 |
0.197 |
|
MMSE |
26.62 ± 1.58 |
27.53 ± 2.03 |
28.36 ± 1.85 |
5.49 |
0.064 |
|
ADL |
5.82 ± 0.40 |
5.81 ± 0.6 |
6 ± 0 |
2.00 |
0.366 |
|
IADL |
7.54 ± 1.21 |
7.36 ± 1.027 |
7.82 ± 0.4 |
1.39 |
0.498 |
|
HAM-D17 |
15.91 ± 7.23 |
20.27 ± 4.41 |
4.73 ± 2.41 |
23.02 |
0.00001* |
|
SCID-I |
2.00 ± 0.00 |
2.00 ± 0.00 |
- |
- |
- |
|
StroopT |
45.70 ± 17.88 |
34.09 ± 14.37 |
26.6 ± 11.29 |
6.82 |
0.0330* |
|
StroopE |
2.38 ± 2.71 |
1.36 ± 1.63 |
0.94 ± 1.14 |
1.98 |
0.370 |
| FAB | 15.24 ± 2.33 | 15.12 ± 1.61 | 16.5 ± 1.78 | 3.17 | 0.204 |
VD = vascular depression; MD = major depression; MMSE = Mini Mental State Examination; ADL = Activity of Daily Living; IADL = Instrumental Activity of Daily Living; HAM-D17 = 17-items Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; SCID-I = Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders; Stroop T = Stroop Color-Word Test interference score; Stroop E = Stroop Color-Word Test interference number of errors; FAB = Frontal Assessment Battery. Data are expressed as mean ± SD and were analyzed using Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA. * = p < 0.05.