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. 2025 Aug 21;11:252. doi: 10.1038/s41531-025-01104-x

Table 2.

Demographic and clinical characteristics according to anxiolytic drugs

Name Levels Non-PD (n = 191686) PD(n = 1836) P-Value
Age (year) Mean ± SD 71.97 ± 8.02 78.52 ± 5.42 <0.001
Sex Female 107,714 (56.2%) 692 (37.7%) <0.001
Male 83,972 (43.8%) 1144 (62.3%)
Ethnicity Non-white 8478 (4.4%) 47 (2.6%) <0.001
White 183,208 (95.6%) 1789 (97.4%)
Education College 63,133 (32.9%) 532 (29%) <0.001
Non-College 128,553 (67.1%) 1304 (71%)
Alcohol intake 0 35,877 (18.7%) 428 (23.3%) <0.001
1 21,973 (11.5%) 172 (9.4%)
2 50,941 (26.6%) 449 (24.5%)
3 45,265 (23.6%) 399 (21.7%)
4 37,630 (19.6%) 388 (21.1%)
Smoking status Never 108,019 (56.4%) 1001 (54.5%) <0.001
Previous 65,028 (33.9%) 726 (39.5%)
Current 18,639 (9.7%) 109 (5.9%)
BMI 18.5–24.9 60,177 (31.4%) 462 (25.2%) <0.001
<18.5 861 (0.4%) 10 (0.5%)
25–29.9 82,809 (43.2%) 872 (47.5%)
>30 47,839 (25%) 492 (26.8%)
TDI Mean ± SD −1.43 ± 2.97 −1.50 ± 2.97 0.322
PRS Mean ± SD −0.15 ± 1.02 0.24 ± 1.01 <0.001
Hypertension Yes 54,452 (28.4%) 952 (51.9%) <0.001
Coffee intake 0 42,438 (22.1%) 381 (20.8%) 1.000
0–2 87,726 (45.8%) 916 (49.9%)
2–4 39,780 (20.8%) 341 (18.6%)
>4 21,742 (11.3%) 198 (10.8%)
Migraine Yes 13,184 (6.9%) 90 (4.9%) 0.001
Depression Yes 27,580 (14.4%) 483 (26.3%) <0.001
Sleep disorder Yes 10,657 (5.6%) 195 (10.6%) <0.001
SSRIs 0 155,512 (81.1%) 1303 (71%) <0.001
0–5 11,378 (5.9%) 142 (7.7%)
5–10 6750 (3.5%) 104 (5.7%)
>10 18,046 (9.4%) 287 (15.6%)
TCAs 0 155,521 (81.1%) 1360 (74.1%) <0.001
0–5 22,527 (11.8%) 236 (12.9%)
5–10 4584 (2.4%) 76 (4.1%)
>10 9054 (4.7%) 164 (8.9%)
BDZs 0 165,129 (86.1%) 1389 (75.7%) <0.001
0–5 22,319 (11.6%) 291 (15.8%)
5–10 2296 (1.2%) 42 (2.3%)
>10 1942 (1%) 114 (6.2%)
SNRIs 0 186,025 (97%) 1731 (94.3%) <0.001
0–5 2389 (1.2%) 31 (1.7%)
5–10 927 (0.5%) 17 (0.9%)
>10 2345 (1.2%) 57 (3.1%)

Alcohol intake: 0: Never drink or only drink on special occasions; 1: 1–3 times a month; 2: 1–2 times a week; 3: 3–4 times a week; 4: every day or almost every day.

Coffee intake: 0: No coffee; 0-2: 0–2 cups a day (including 2 cups but not including 0 cups); 2–4: 2–4 cups a day (including 4 cups but not including 2 cups); >4: more than 4 cups a day.

BMI body mass index, TDI townsend deprivation index, PRS polygenic risk score, SSRIs selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, BDZs benzodiazepines, TCAs tricyclic antidepressants, SNRIs Serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors.