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Table 1 Demographic data

From: Cognitive performance in older elderly men with late-life depression and cardiovascular comorbidities: symptomatological correlation

 

Groups

Statistics

 

HC (n = 33)

CVC (n = 101)

LLD (n = 34)

LLD + CVC (n = 49)

F(p value)

Post hoc

Age (years)

81.41 ± 3.89

81.02 ± 4.22

80.53 ± 3.28

81.80 ± 4.67

0.83 (0.48)

-

Education (years)

5.23 ± 4.01

5.93 ± 5.14

4.79 ± 3.98

3.53 ± 3.98

2.15 (0.10)

-

MMSE score

24.73 ± 3.03

24.78 ± 2.55

24.35 ± 2.57

23.72 ± 3.16

0.86 (0.46)

-

GDS

2.25 ± 1.87

2.44 ± 1.31

7.47 ± 1.81

6.83 ± 2.60

143.08 (<0.0005)

LLD, LLD + CVC > HC, CVC (p < 0.0005)

  1. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD). HC, older elderly healthy controls; CVC, older elderly men with cardiovascular comorbidities; LLD, older elderly men with late-life depression; LLD + CVC, older elderly men with late-life depression and cardiovascular comorbidities; GDS, Geriatric Depression Scale.