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Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics

From: Insula response to unpredictable and predictable aversiveness in individuals with panic disorder and comorbid depression

 

Controls (n= 19)

MDD-only (n= 9)

PD-MDD (n= 13)

Demographic variables

   

 Age (years, SD)

29.6 (12.8) a

25.4 (7.7) a

39.1 (11.9) b

 Sex (% female)

68.4 a

66.7 a

76.9 a

 Race (% Caucasian)

52.6 a

22.2 a

41.7 a

 Education

   

  Graduated high school or GED (%)

5.3

0.0

0.0

  Part college or graduated 2-year college (%)

21.1

55.6

50.0

  Graduated 4-year college (%)

47.4

33.3

33.3

  Part or completed graduate/professional school (%)

26.2

11.1

16.6

Current comorbid diagnoses

   

 Social phobia (%)

-

-

23.1

 Specific phobia (%)

-

-

7.7

 Post-traumatic stress disorder (%)

-

-

7.7 a

 Generalized anxiety disorder (%)

-

-

0.0 a

 Obsessive compulsive disorder

-

-

7.7 a

Current psychiatric medications (%)

0.0 a

11.1 a

30.8 b

  1. Note. Means or percentages with different letters across rows were significantly different in pairwise comparisons (p < 0.05, chi-square test for categorical variables and Tukey’s honestly significant difference test for continuous variables). Controls individuals with no history of psychopathology, MDD-only individuals with current major depressive disorder and no history of anxiety disorders, PD-MDD individuals with current comorbid panic disorder and major depressive disorder, SD standard deviation.