TABLE 2.

Gender effect in psychological and neuropsychological evaluations.

	Females, n = 23	Males, n = 63	Beta (95% C.I.)	A.Beta1 (95% C.I.)	A.Beta2 (95% C.I.)
HAM-A	14.3 ± 5.2	10.5 ± 6.0	$0.64{}^{\text{b}}(0.17\text{to}1.11)$	$0.81{}^{\text{b}}(0.35\text{to}1.29)$	$0.72{}^{\text{b}}(0.22\text{to}1.24)$
HAM-D	10.2 ± 4.2	7.3 ± 4.6	$0.62{}^{\text{a}}(0.14\text{to}1.09)$	$0.74{}^{\text{b}}(0.26\text{to}1.24)$	$0.65{}^{\text{a}}(0.13\text{to}1.16)$
BDI	8.7 ± 8.1	7.8 ± 8.4	0.11(−0.38to0.60)	0.12(−0.39to0.63)	0.23(−3.0to0.77)
TMT-A	50.3 ± 6.6	44.6 ± 13.6	0.39(−0.36to0.15)	0.36(−0.16to0.88)	0.24(−0.28to0.77)
TMT-B	134.6 ± 49.8	111.1 ± 49.8	$0.48{}^{\text{a}}(0.02\text{to}0.97)$	$0.53{}^{\text{a}}(0.02\text{to}1.05)$	0.31(−0.20to0.83)
TMT B-A	84.3 ± 35.2	62.8 ± 35.9	$0.26{}^{\text{a}}(-39.2\text{to}-3.7)$	$0.2{}^{\text{a}}(-39.9\text{to}-2.6)$	0.17(−33.2to4.28)
Digit span forward	5.3 ± 1.4	5.9 ± 1.2	−0.44(−0.92to0.04)	−0.45(−0.96to0.05)	−0.21(−0.72to0.30)
Digit span backward	3.2 ± 0.9	3.7 ± 1.1	−0.44(−0.92to0.04)	−0.28(−0.78to0.21)	−0.25(−0.77to0.27)
Digit span total	8.6 ± 2.0	9.7 ± 2.1	$-0.52{}^{\text{a}}(-1.0\text{to}-0.04)$	−0.44(−0.94to0.06)	−0.27(−0.77to0.23)
Logical memory (immediate recall)	7.5 ± 2.6	6.8 ± 2.6	0.24(−0.25to0.73)	0.33(−0.18to0.85)	0.31(−0.22to0.84)
Logical memory (delayed recall)	6.6 ± 2.1	5.9 ± 2.4	0.03(−0.52to0.46)	0.05(−0.20to0.25)	−0.08(−0.63to0.45)

Data is presented as mean ± standard deviation, unless otherwise indicated. ^aP < 0.005; ^bP < 0.001. BDI, beck depression inventory; C.I., confidence interval; HAM-A, hamilton anxiety scale; HAM-D, hamilton depression scale; TMT, trails making test.