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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 8.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2009 Jul 9;66(5):522–526. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.04.029

Table 2.

Baseline descriptive and clinical characteristics of full sample treated with single infusion intravenous ketamine; subsample who subsequently completed the repeated infusions study; and IAT subsample who completed additional implicit and explicit measures of suicidality at baseline

Single Infusion Sample (n=26) IAT Subsample (n=12) Repeated Infusions Subsample (n=10)
Age, mean (SD), y 48.2 (11.8) 50.1 (10.3) 51.4 (14.6)
Female, No. (%) 10 (39%) 5 (42%) 5 (50%)
Non-Hispanic Caucasian, No. (%) 18 (69%) 8 (67%) 7 (70%)
IQ, mean (SD) 115.0 (10.3) 118.7 (10.2) 115.7 (11.8)
Median household annual income $15,000–24,999 $10,000–14,999 $15,000–24,999
Time Since Illness Onset, mean (SD), y 29.3 (13.3) 29.7 (10.5) 29.6 (13.0)
Age-of-Onset, mean (SD), y 18.5 (12.2) 20.4 (11.2) 20.9 (15.4)
Number of Episodes, mean (SD) 1.9 (1.7) 2.3 (2.1) 2.1 (1.7)
Duration of Current Episode >= 2y, No. (%) 26 (100%) 12 (100%) 10 (100%)
Number of Failed Antidepressant Trials in Current Episode, mean (SD) 6.0 (4.1) 6.8 (3.9) 7.1 (4.2)
History of Suicide Attempts, No. (%) 5 (19%) 3 (25%) 1 (10%)
Clinically Significant Suicidal Ideation (MADRS-SI score >=4), No. (%) 13 (50%) 6 (50%) 6 (60%)
 MADRS-SI=4 10 (38.5%) 5 (41.7%) 5 (50%)
 MADRS-SI=5 3 (11.5%) 1 (8.3%) 1 (10%)
 MADRS-SI=6 0 0 0

Note: MADRS-SI = Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (16) suicidality item; IAT = Implicit Association Test (5)