. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2014 May 17;23(2):200–214. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2014.05.003

Table 2.

Clinical and demographic characteristic of the sample

Variable	Non-anxious elderly comparison participants N=31	Elderly GAD (pre treatment) N=28	Test Statistic (p- value)
Age	69(12.50)	64(6.75)	U=546, p=0.089
Sex	17F(55%)	19F(68%)	X²(df=1)=0.574, p=0.449
Race	27 W(87%)	27W(96%)	p=0.356^*
PSWQ	32(10)	58.50 (21.25)	U=42.5, p>0.001
RBANS	108 (20)	103.5 (16.5)	U=553.5, p=0.070
HARS	3 (2)	19 (3.25)	U=0, p>0.001
HDRS	1 (2) n=21^**	13 (4) n=21^**	U=0, p>0.001
CIRS.G	4.5 (2.5) n=20^**	6(4.25) n=20^**	U=148, p=0.160

All data are median and IQR range. U= Mann-Whitney U test; F= female. W= white; PSWQ=Penn State Worry Questionnaire; RBANS=Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status; HDRS=Hamilton Depression Rating Scale HARS= Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale. CIRS.G=Cumulative Illness Rating Scale, Geriatrics.

Fisher’s exact test;

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missing data