Neurometabolic characteristics in the anterior cingulate gyrus of Alzheimer’s disease patients with depression: a 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy study

Table 1 Demographics and neuropsychological data

	D-AD	nD-AD	t/χ²	p
Gender, n (M/F)	17(8/9)	20(9/11)	0.016	0.900
Age, years	72.9 ± 5.5	74.7 ± 6.3	−0.892	0.379
Education, years	8.6 ± 1.84	8.5 ± 1.83	0.213	0.853
MMSE	21.6 ± 2.8	22.1 ± 2.4	−0.603	0.551
D-NPI	6.76 ± 2.1	0	-	-
HAMD	12.3 ± 3.85	3.8 ± 1.57	14.150	0.000

Data represent mean ± SD. Data were analyzed using independent-samples t-tests and χ² tests
AD alzheimer’s disease, D-AD alzheimer’s disease with depression, nD-AD non-depressed AD patients, M male, F female, MMSE mini-mental state examination, D-NPI depression domain of neuropsychiatric inventory, HAMD hamilton depression rating scale

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