Table 5 |
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Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) post hoc test for the reducers/increasers Dexamethasone Suppression Test (DST) definition |
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| Fisher least significant difference (LSD) test, p value |
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| Reducers (R) |
Single level Inreasers (SI) |
Both levels Increasers (BI) |
R vs SI |
R vs BI |
SI vs BI |
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| Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
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| No of atypical features |
0.94 |
0.98 |
1.53 |
0.74 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
0.037 |
NS |
NS |
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| No of melancholic features |
2.25 |
1.52 |
2.20 |
1.61 |
4.00 |
1.73 |
NS |
0.046 |
NS |
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| HDRS |
26.38 |
5.97 |
23.00 |
3.93 |
29.00 |
3.61 |
0.047 |
NS |
NS |
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| HDRS Depressive Index |
10.84 |
2.93 |
8.87 |
2.33 |
10.33 |
2.08 |
0.026 |
NS |
NS |
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| HDRS Sleep Index |
3.41 |
2.11 |
3.47 |
1.46 |
6.00 |
0.00 |
NS |
0.025 |
0.036 |
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| Death Thoughts Rating |
1.00 |
0.72 |
0.40 |
0.51 |
1.67 |
0.58 |
0.005 |
0.003 |
NS |
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| Baseline cortisol |
5.16 |
5.70 |
4.18 |
3.23 |
3.80 |
2.75 |
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| Cortisol day 2, 16:00 |
1.94 |
4.29 |
3.77 |
3.89 |
7.17 |
1.46 |
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| Cortisol day 2, 23:00 |
1.58 |
2.71 |
5.16 |
3.65 |
7.00 |
1.66 |
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HDRS, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; NS, not significant. | |||||||||
Fountoulakis et al. Annals of General Psychiatry 2008 7:22 doi:10.1186/1744-859X-7-22 |
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