Neuropsychological patterns in systemic lupus erythematosus patients with depression

Table 1 Demographics for Depressed-SLE patients, Depressed-Controls, and Healthy Controls

	Depressed-SLE patients	Depressed-Controls	Healthy Controls	P value
Number	13	10	25
Age (years)	42.5 ± 9.5^a	42.9 ± 10.5^a	43.5 ± 11.5^a	0.966
Education (years)	14.2 ± 2.1^a	14.7 ± 2.3^a	15.5 ± 2.0^a	0.173
Gender (female/male)	9/4	8/2	23/2	0.198
Ethnicity (African-American, Caucasian, Hispanic)	0/12/1	0/9/1	2/23/0	0.403

^aData are presented as mean ± standard deviation. Depressed-Controls: control subjects with only a history or presence of major depressive disorder; Depressed-SLE: patients with a diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus and the presence of major depressive disorder

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