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. 2016 Nov 1;6(11):e938. doi: 10.1038/tp.2016.207

Table 1. Demographics, clinical, behavioural and temperament measures for GS:SFHS individuals in the current study.

  Controls (n=16 764)a
MDD cases (n=2587)a
Significance T/Chi2 (P-value)
  Mean s.d. Mean s.d.  
Demographics
 Mean age (years)a 47.61 15.27 46.36 12.88 15.73 (7.31 × 10−5)
 Gender (M:F)a 7218:9546 746:1841 186.54 (2.20 × 10−16)
           
Cognitive
 Logical memory (n=16 764;n=2587) 30.70 8.48 31.16 7.89 9.16 (2.48 × 10−3)
 Digit symbol (n=16 566;n=2566) 72.32 17.32 71.59 16.21 1.47 (2.25 × 10−1)
 Mill Hill vocabulary (n=16 456;n=2563) 30.11 4.72 31.21 4.793 1.70 (1.92 × 101)
 Verbal fluency (n=16 553;n=2575) 39.62 11.67 40.40 11.91 13.53 (2.35 × 10−4)
           
Clinical and trait-related features
 Psycholog distress (GHQ) 14.93 7.55 22.70a 12.62 1797.00 (<1.00 × 10−100)
 Neuroticism 3.46 2.94 6.46a 3.32 2155 (<1.00 × 10−100)
           
PRS measure (measures scaled)
 SCZ −0.02 1.00 0.10 1.02 24.00 (9.69 × 10−7)

Abbreviations: GHQ, General Health Questionnaire; GS:SFHS, Generation Scotland: Scottish Family Health Study; MDD, major depressive disorder; PRS, polygenic risk score; SCZ, schizophrenia.

a

Sample size as indicated unless otherwise specified in descriptive variable column, numbers for controls and MDD, respectively.

Controlled for age, sex, four-multidimensional scaling ancestry components and relatedness.