Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of patients with moderate depression treated with WS^® 5570 3 × 300 mg/d or paroxetine [mean (SD) or absolute frequency (percent) of patients and two-sided p value; pooled data; FAS, LOCF].

	WS® 5570 3 × 300 mg/d (n = 31)	Paroxetine 20 mg/d (n = 33)	p Value (test)
HAM-D Score mean (SD)	23.1 (0.9)	22.9 (0.8)	0.248 (t-test)
Age (years) mean (SD)	48.6 (11.9)	42.9 (11.6)	0.056 (t-test)
Duration of current episodes (days) mean (SD)	165 (153)	121 (88)	0.178 (t-test)
No. of women n (%)	21 (67.7)	18 (54.6)	0.280 (χ2-test)
No. of patients with recurrent depression n (%)	13 (41.9)	19 (57.6)	0.211 (χ2-test)