Table 1. Characteristics of patients with generalized anxiety disorder.

	Total	Male	Female
No. of patients	19793	7041	12752
Person-years at risk	89484.9	31437.3	58047.6
Median follow-up, years (interquartile range)	4.3(2.1–6.8)	4.3 (2.1–6.7)	4.4 (2.2–6.8)
Mean age at diagnosis(±SD), years	49.6 (±15.7)	49.9 (±16.3)	49.5 (±15.4)
Distribution of patients according to age
20–39	5832	2159	3673
40–59	8748	2887	5861
60–79	4654	1754	2900
≥80	559	241	318

SD standard deviation;