Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics in late-life depression and non-depressed control groups.
| LLD group n = 50 |
NC group n = 40 |
F/t/χ2 | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex (% male) | 13 (26%) | 15 (37.5%) | 2.599 | 0.107 |
| Age (years) | 67.65 ± 5.64 | 66.14 ± 6.57 | 1.176 | 0.243 |
| Education (years) | 13.02 ± 3.18 | 12.25 ± 3.71 | 1.093 | 0.277 |
| HAMD score | 19.32 ± 4.35 | 2.35 ± 2.07 | 26.086 | < 0.001 |
| HAMA score | 17.46 ± 7.57 | 2.78 ± 2.04 | 11.913 | < 0.001 |
| MMSE score | 28.10 ± 1.40 | 28.40 ± 1.32 | −1.036 | 0.303 |
| MoCA score | 25.18 ± 2.65 | 24.65 ± 2.84 | 0.913 | 0.364 |
| Comorbidities | ||||
| Hypertension | 16 (32%) | 10 (25%) | 0.53 | 0.467 |
| Diabetes | 5 (10%) | 5 (12.5%) | 0.141 | 0.708 |
| Medication load index | 0.84 ± 0.37 | — | — | — |