Table 1.

Demographic and Memory Characteristics of Study Participants by MDD diagnosis; The data are the mean ± standard deviation.

Characteristic	Comparison Group	MDD Group
	(N=19)	(N=28)	p values (t tests)
Age (years)	68.1 ± 7.3	66.5 ± 5.4	0.41
Education (years)a	16.7 ± 2.7	16.5 ± 2.7	0.79
21-item HAM-D	1.3 ± 1.6	13.7 ± 8.8	<0.001
MMSE	29.5 ± 0.5	29.8 ± 0.6	0.13
			p values (χ2)
Females (n)	12 (63%)	10 (36%)	0.12

21-item HAM-D: 21-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination.

^a = One missing data point.