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Table 4 Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) post hoc test for the classical Dexamethasone Suppression Test (DST) definition

From: Revisiting the Dexamethasone Suppression Test in unipolar major depression: an exploratory study

 

DST suppressors

DST non-suppressors

p Value

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

 

GAF

48.74

13.97

58.13

13.65

0.021

DMS Endogenous axis

3.88

2.92

6.13

3.03

0.011

HDRS Depressive Index

10.97

2.76

8.63

2.31

0.005

Death Thoughts Rating

1.00

0.70

0.56

0.73

0.044

  1. DMS, Diagnostic Melancholia Scale; GAF, General Assessment of Functioning; HDRS, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale.
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Annals of General Psychiatry

ISSN: 1744-859X