Table 6 |
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Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) post hoc test for the combined Dexamethasone Suppression Test (DST) definition |
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| Fisher least significant difference (LSD) test, p value |
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| Suppressors and reducers (SR) |
Other (O) |
Non-suppressors and increasers (NSI) |
SR vs O |
O vs NSI |
SR vs NSI |
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| Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
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| N1971 |
-5.02 |
19.30 |
-0.54 |
14.69 |
-19.55 |
18.44 |
NS |
0.013 |
0.026 |
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| End DMS |
3.82 |
3.02 |
4.17 |
2.37 |
7.30 |
2.87 |
NS |
0.007 |
< 0.001 |
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| HDRS depressive index |
11.00 |
2.84 |
9.00 |
2.76 |
9.50 |
2.32 |
0.041 |
NS |
NS |
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DMS, Diagnostic Melancholia Scale; 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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