Light treatment for seasonal Winter depression in African-American vs Caucasian outpatients

Table 1 Characteristics of the participants in the two groups n (%)

Variable	African-Americans (n = 51)	Caucasians (n = 27)	P-value1
Age, yr, mean ± SD	43.1 (10.3)	47.0 (10.1)	0.11
Gender male	19 (37.3)	14 (51.9)	0.21
Bipolar II diagnosis	2 (3.9)	1 (3.7)	0.96
Education: High school or less	26 (52.0)	7 (25.9)	0.03
Marital status
Married or cohabiting	7 (14.0)	5 (18.5)	0.42
Widowed, divorced, or separated	12 (24.0)	11 (40.8)	0.19
Never married	31 (62.0)	11 (40.7)	0.15

¹P-values from t-test comparing races on age; χ² for other variables.