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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Psychiatry. 2014 Jul;75(7):738–747. doi: 10.4088/JCP.13m08727

Table 1.

Clinical and Demographic Characteristics of Sample by Model

Baseline 2 Weeks 4 Weeks



Response
(N=2,512)
Remission
(N = 2,477)
Response
(n=l,641)
Remission
(n=l,857)
Response
(n = 991)
Remission
(n=l,262)






Continuous Variables Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Age, y 41.70 13.06 41.66 13.04 42.18 1.13 41.75 13.06 42.65 13.45 42.23 13.07
Age at onset of MDD, y 25.23 14.17 25.20 14.14 25.55 14.37 24.98 14.04 25.39 14.83 25.05 14.40
Length of MDD, y 16.44 13.29 16.44 13.30 16.60 13.52 16.74 13.36 17.23 13.73 17.18 13.51
Years of education 13.73 3.22 13.73 3.22 13.78 3.17 13.85 3.21 13.79 3.16 13.89 3.17
Categorical variables
Income categorya 1.49 1.13 1.51 1.13 1.49 1.14 1.49 1.13 1.46 1.14 1.47 1.13
Week 2
  Side effect intensityb 1.98 1.66 1.97 1.64 1.89 1.58 1.89 . 1.58
  Side effect frequencyb 2.02 1.90 2.01 1.88 1.96 1.87 1.94 1.83
  Side effect burdenb 1.37 1.48 1.33 1.44 1.26 1.35 1.23 1.31
  Symptom improvementc 1.27 1.04 1.49 1.08 1.08 1.01 1.40 1.07
Week 4
  Side effect intensityb 1.84 1.64 1.83 1.62
  Side effect frequencyb 1.88 1.89 1.88 1.88
  Side effect burdenb 1.28 1.41 1.25 1.39
  Symptom improvementc 1.34 1.06 1.69 1.07
Binary variables n % n % n % n % n % n %






Employed 1,563 63 1,563 63 990 61 1,139 62 581 60 758 61
Male gender 918 37 904 36 620 38 688 37 376 38 470 37
Hispanic 291 11 289 12 182 11 206 11 110 11 139 11
Race
  White 2,035 81 2002 81 1,360 83 1,543 83 817 82 1049 83
  Black 416 16 414 17 249 15 277 15 152 15 187 15
Family history of MDD 1,393 56 1,368 56 906 56 1,046 57 546 55 710 57
Suicide attempts 423 17 418 17 278 17 323 17 168 17 222 18
Axis I comorbidity
  OCD 272 11 270 11 167 10 192 10 94 10 129 10
  PTSD 420 17 416 17 276 17 318 17 173 18 227 18
  Bulimia 307 12 305 12 210 13 238 13 132 13 185 15
  Panic disorder 265 11 261 11 170 10 190 10 100 10 122 10
  Agoraphobia 233 09 228 09 144 09 171 09 79 08 108 09
  Social phobia 701 28 694 28 460 28 545 29 289 29 377 30
  Alcohol dependence 254 10 251 10 172 11 190 10 115 12 134 11
  Substance dependence 158 06 156 06 103 06 118 06 64 06 77 06
  GAD 498 20 490 20 340 21 389 21 208 21 260 21
  Somatization disorder 47 02 47 02 33 02 34 02 18 02 24 02
Hypochondriasis 89 04 88 04 61 04 66 04 32 03 38 03
Primary care 913 36 901 36 546 33 615 33 302 30 377 30
Marital status
  Married 888 35 871 35 592 36 656 35 356 36 443 35
  Never married 716 29 710 29 454 28 530 29 270 27 351 28
  Divorced 479 19 474 19 312 19 358 19 189 19 247 20
  Widowed 76 03 74 03 56 03 61 03 38 04 44 03
  Cohabitant 197 08 196 08 122 07 140 08 74 07 94 07
  Separated 155 06 151 06 105 06 112 06 64 06 83 07
Academic degree
  Lower than high school 266 11 263 11 169 10 181 10 97 10 120 10
  High school degree 1,515 60 1,494 60 986 60 1,116 60 602 61 755 60
  Higher than high school 730 29 719 29 486 30 560 30 292 29 387 31
History of SSRI resistance 204 09 203 09 133 09 147 09 92 11 117 10
History of antidepressant resistance 272 11 268 11 183 12 200 11 128 13 159 13
Response
  QIDS (week 2) 248 13 138 11
  QIDS (week 4) 232 18
  HDRS (week 12) 1,339 53 783 48 416 42
Remission
  QIDS (week 2) 32 02 21 02
  QIDS (week 4) 29 03
  HDRS (week 12) 1,023 41 709 38 410 32
a

Categories: 0=< $10,000; 1 = $10,000–$20,000; 2 = $20,000–$40,000; and 3 = > $40,000.

b

Side effects measured on a 7-point scale from 0 = none to 6 = intolerable.

c

QIDS improvement measured in categories: −1 = decrease, 0 = 0%–10%, 1 = 10%–20%, 2 = 20%–33%, 3 = 33%–49%.

Abbreviations: GAD = generalized anxiety disorder, HDRS = Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, MDD = major depressive disorder, OCD = obsessive-compulsive disorder, PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder, QIDS = Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology, SSRI = selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor.