Table 1.
Characteristics of the patient group and the non-depressed control group
| Patients, N = 64 | Controls, N = 18 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD), N (%) | Mean (SD), N (%) | P-value | |
| HRSD-17 | 23.1 (4.6) | 2.7 (2.7) | < 0.001a |
| MMSE | 27.7 (1.8) | 28.2 (2.1) | 0.432a |
| Age, years | 75.2 (6.3) | 78.1 (4.8) | 0.083a |
| Education, years | 13.6 (3.0) | 13.4 (2.8) | 0.805a |
| BMI | 23.3 (4,6) | 24.2 (4.1) | 0.422a |
| CIRS-G | 6.8 (3.6) | 5.4 (2.4) | 0.139a |
| Regular intake of drugs, number | 5.2 (2.3) | ||
| Gender, female | 35 (54.7%) | 12 (66.7%) | 0.427b |
| Median (Q1,Q3) | |||
| Current depression in weeks | 28 (13; 77) |
Abbreviations: CIRS-G cumulative illness rating scale for geriatric patients, HRSD-17 Hamilton rating scale of depression, MMSE Mini mental state examination, N number, SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index
aIndependent Samples t-test
bχ2-test.