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Table 4 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of participants without suicidal ideation at the baseline and participants with suicidal ideation at the baseline

From: Suicidal ideation during treatment of depression with escitalopram and nortriptyline in Genome-Based Therapeutic Drugs for Depression (GENDEP): a clinical trial

  

No suicidal ideation

Suicidal ideation

  

Escitalopram (n = 196)

Nortriptyline (n = 127)

Escitalopram (n = 254)

Nortriptyline (n = 219)

  

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Gender

Female

121

62

84

66

156

61

143

65

Marital status

Married/cohabiting

102

52

67

67

122

48

115

52

 

Separated/divorced

43

22

24

19

55

22

45

21

 

Single

48

25

28

22

67

26

50

23

 

Widowed

3

2

8

6

10

4

9

4

Children

0

59

30

32

25

77

30

61

28

 

1

63

32

46

36

83

33

58

26

 

2

61

31

37

29

75

29

81

37

 

3+

13

7

12

9

19

7

19

9

Occupation

Full-time work

72

37

38

30

99

39

75

34

 

Part-time work

21

11

15

12

29

11

28

13

 

Student

12

6

9

7

18

7

11

5

 

Homemaker

7

4

7

5

7

3

13

6

 

Retired

21

11

21

16

23

9

31

14

 

Unemployed

63

32

37

29

78

31

61

28

Number of depressive episodes

1

77

39

29

23

82

32

70

32

 

2

105

53

81

64

138

54

119

54

 

3+

14

7

17

13

34

14

30

14

Number of suicide attempts

 

6

3

13

11

37

16

47

23

  

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

 

Characteristics

Age

42.2

11.6

43.8

12.5

43.1

11.8

41.5

11.5

 

Education (years)

12.1

2.9

12.1

3.2

12.1

3.3

12.1

3

 

Age at onset

33.7

8.7

32

10.3

33

10.6

32.1

9.9

 

Duration (weeks)

19.7

11

17.6

11.5

18.8

12.5

19.3

13.9

Baseline severity

Observed mood

0.8

0.6

0.7

0.5

1

0.6

1.1

0.6

 

Suicidal score

0.05

0.4

0.05

0.4

1.3

0.5

1.3

0.5

  1. SD = standard deviation.