Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients with late-life depression.

Variable	Marked Depression with MADRS > = 10 (N = 776)
	Mean	SD
Age	73.87	8.06
Education years	6.16	4.52
MADRS sum score	23.32	8.92
Item #1 (Apparent Sadness)	2.64	1.39
Item #2 (Reported Sadness)	3.13	1.43
Item #3 (Inner tension)	2.69	1.34
Item #4 (Reduced sleep)	2.70	1.88
Item #5 (Reduced appetite)	1.95	2.04
Item #6 (Concentration difficulties)	1.76	1.40
Item #7 (Lassitude)	2.01	1.55
Item #8 (Inability to feel)	2.36	1.46
Item #9 (Pessimistic thought)	2.29	1.35
Item #10 (Suicidal thought)	2.08	1.54
BAI sum score	15.20	12.02

MADRS indicates Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale; BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory.