Table 2.

Word recall (positive and negative hits and false alarms) at two and six weeks according to treatment allocation

	Placebo		Sertraline
	n	Mean (s.d.)	n	Mean (s.d.)
Positive hits
Baseline	291	3.03 (1.73)	284	2.88 (1.77)
2 weeks	281	3.11 (2.00)	272	2.95 (1.98)
6 weeks	276	2.31 (1.62)	260	2.32 (1.60)
Negative hits
Baseline	291	1.93 (1.38)	284	2.07 (1.50)
2 weeks	281	2.09 (1.45)	272	2.07 (1.49)
6 weeks	275	2.04 (1.70)	259	2.00 (1.62)
Positive false alarms
Baseline	291	1.29 (1.42)	284	1.33 (1.37)
2 weeks	281	1.60 (1.61)	272	1.55 (1.45)
6 weeks	276	1.30 (1.49)	260	1.55 (1.67)
Negative false alarms
Baseline	291	0.87 (1.16)	284	0.91 (1.27)
2 weeks	281	0.88 (1.14)	272	0.94 (1.13)
6 weeks	276	0.94 (1.27)	260	1.10 (1.37)

Note. s.d., standard deviation. Hits were words that were initially presented in the categorisation task and correctly recalled. False alarms were any words falsely recalled by participants (words not presented in the categorisation task). Missing data for n = 1 in placebo group at baseline.