Does fludrocortisone influence autobiographical memory retrieval? A study in patients with major depression, patients with borderline personality disorder and healthy controls

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Table 1. Sample characteristics (means and standard deviations).

	Major depression (N=24)	Borderline personality disorder (N=37)	Healthy subjects (N=67)	Statistical analysis
Age	35.8 (14.8)	24.8 (5.8)	30.2 (13.1)	F(2,127) = 6.3, p=0.002
Years of education	11.9 (1.5)	10.2 (1.5)	11.4 (1.5)	F(2,124) = 9.3, p<0.001
Body mass index	22.8 (4.1)	26.6 (6.9)	23.31 (4.4)	F(2,127) = 5.5, p=0.005
Smoking (yes, %)	12 (50)	25 (67.6)	23 (34.3)	χ^2(2) = 13.9, p=0.001
Cigarettes a day	6.2 (10.3)	11.5 (12.3)	3.4 (5.5)	F(2, 125) = 9.8, p<0.001
Oral contraceptives (%)	3 (12.5)	7 (18.9)	25 (37.3)	χ^2(2) = 12.5, p=0.002

Figure 1. Number of specific memories in patients with major depression (MDD), patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and healthy controls (HC) after placebo and fludrocortisone administration in means.