Table 5.

List of covariates used in application of sequential advantage selection method on the STAR*D study.

PARTICIPANT FEATURES
1 Gender	2–6 Ethnicity
7 Economic study consent	8 Depressed mood
9 Diminished interest or pleasure	10 Weight loss while not dieting
11 Insomnia or hypersomnia	12 Psychomotor agitation or retardation
13 Fatigue or loss of energy	14 Feelings of worthless or guilt
15 Diminished ability to concentrate	16 Recurrent thoughts of death or suicide
17 Age	18 Number of relatives living with patient
19 Number of friends living with patient	20 Total number of persons in household
21 Years of schooling completed	22 Highest degree received
23 On medical or psychiatric leave	24 Medicare
25 Medicaid	26 Private insurance
27 Better able make important decisions	28 Better able to enjoy things
29 Impact of your family and friends	30–35 Current marital status
36–41 Current employment status	42–44 Currently a student
45–46 Currently do volunteer work
ILLNESS FEATURES
47–60 Cumulative Illness Rating Scale	61–78 Hamilton rating scale for depression
79–93 Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology	94–97 Medication history
98–236 Psychiatric diagnostic screening questionare	237 Baseline Axis I psychiatric condition
238 Baseline Axis II psychiatric condition	239 Family hx depression
240 Family hx bipolar disorder	241 Family hx alcohol abuse
242 Family hx drug abuse	243 Family hx suicide
INTERMEDIATE MEDICAL CONDITIONS
244–294 Patient rated inventory of side effects	295 AIDS-C percent improvement
296 QIDS-C score change rate	297 QIDS-SR score change rate
298 FISER frequency score change rate	299 FISER intensity score change rate
300 GRSEB score change rate	301 CGII score change rate
302 Patient presently a suicide risk	303 Patient in remission
304 Study medical daily dose
CARE FEATURES
305 Type of clinical site