On the Differential Diagnosis of Anxious from Nonanxious Major Depression by means of the Hamilton Scales

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample.

	A-MDD (𝑛=92)		NA-MDD (𝑛=72)		𝑡	𝑝
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age	52.5	10.3	54.7	13.4	1.19	0.236
Duration of illness	12.1	13.5	14.8	10.2	1.41	0.160
HAM-D	29.9	5.3	24.8	5.7	5.92	<0.001
HAM-A	30.6	4.8	18.8	3.5	17.53	<0.001
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝜒^2
Menopausal	36	39.1	30	41.7	0.11	0.742
Psychotic features	8	8.7	8	11.1	0.27	0.605

A-MDD: anxious major depressive disorder; NA-MDD: nonanxious major depressive disorder; HAM-D: Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; HAM-A: Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety.