Table 1

Results in 100 consecutive neurology outpatients

Neurological disease (n=55)Unexplained neurological symptoms (n=45)Significance
Age (median)4447NS Unpaired t test
Sex28F:27M36F:9Mp<0.005 Fisher's exact test
Reported age of earliest memory (y) (median)45NS Mann-Whitney
Reported age of onset of continuous memory (y) (median)611p<0.005 Mann-Whitney
“Memory blanks?” (number of true responses)317p<0.0001 Fisher's exact test
Number with BASDEC score≥7 (threshold for depression)1323p<0.01 Fisher's exact test