Table 1.
Characteristics of 189 included study samples
| Age (Mean years ± SD) | 46.1 ± 14.8 |
| Gender | |
| Female (%) | 71.4 |
| Male (%) | 28.6 |
| Living situation | |
| Living alone (%) | 15.9 |
| With others (%) | 84.1 |
| Type of accommodation | |
| Private (%) | 46.7 |
| Public (%) | 53.3 |
| Marital status | |
| Married (%) | 50.3 |
| Single (%) | 19.0 |
| Divorced/widow (%) | 30.7 |
| Smoking habit | |
| Ex-smoker (%) | 9.1 |
| Non-smoker (%) | 60.8 |
| Smoker (%) | 15.3 |
| Unknown (%) | 14.8 |
| Drinking habit | |
| Ex-drinker (%) | 2.1 |
| Nondrinker (%) | 69.8 |
| Drinker (%) | 3.7 |
| Social drinker (%) | 11.6 |
| Unknown (%) | 12.8 |
| Educational level | |
| Illiterate (%) | 9.0 |
| Primary (%) | 25.0 |
| Secondary (%) | 48.4 |
| Tertiary or above (%) | 17.6 |
| Duration of illness (mean years ± SD) | 1.8 ± 0.69 |
| Antidepressant started | |
| Mirtazapine (%) | 4.2 |
| SSRI (%) | 71.4 |
| TCA & its related AD (%) | 12.1 |
| SNRI (%) | 8.5 |
| Others (%) | 3.8 |