Altered Synchronizations among Neural Networks in Geriatric Depression

Table 1

The clinical profiles of the participants.

	Depression ()	Control ()	value
Gender (F/M)	18/14	19/13	0.80^+
Age	68.3 (6.5)	71.8 (8.2)	0.06
Years of education	14.9 (3.1)	16.0 (2.5)	0.11
MADRS	7.0 (9.2)	0.0 (0.9)	<0.001^*
Number medicated for hypotension	11	8	0.40^+
Number medicated for antidepressants	18	0
Monotherapy
SSRI	4
SARI	2
SNRI	1
Tricyclic	2
Combined treatment
Two SSRIs	4
SSRI with either SARI or NDRI	2
SARI & NDRI	2
SNRI & NDRI	1
Executive function (Stroop task)	−0.10 (0.82)	0.24 (0.71)	0.08

Chi-square test, and the rests were two-sample -tests; ^*significant results with < 0.05. SSRI = selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; SARIs = serotonin antagonist and reuptake inhibitors; SNRIs = serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors; NDRIs = norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitors.