Table 1.
Relation between self-reported depression (assessed using the HADS) and prescribed antidepressants (ADs) in the study population (n = 7618), Sweden 2012/2013
| Men |
Women |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depression |
No depression |
Depression |
No depression |
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| AD-users | Non-users | AD-users | Non-users | AD-users | Non-users | AD-users | Non-users | ||||
| Age (years) | n | % | n | % | Pa | ||||||
| 18–34 | 593 | 1.7 | 8.9 | 2.0 | 87.4 | 831 | 1.8 | 9.8 | 3.6 | 84.8 | N.S. |
| 35–44 | 475 | 1.9 | 11.8 | 2.3 | 84.0 | 576 | 3.1 | 8.7 | 6.8 | 81.4 | <0.01 |
| 45–64 | 1277 | 1.8 | 10.6 | 4.6 | 82.9 | 1537 | 3.3 | 9.0 | 8.3 | 79.4 | <0.001 |
| 65–74 | 740 | 1.5 | 9.9 | 3.6 | 85.0 | 811 | 2.1 | 6.8 | 9.2 | 81.9 | <0.001 |
| 75–84 | 350 | 2.3 | 12.6 | 3.7 | 81.4 | 428 | 1.9 | 7.9 | 7.0 | 83.2 | <0.05 |
| Total | 3435 | 1.8 | 10.5 | 3.6 | 84.1 | 4183 | 2.6 | 8.6 | 7.2 | 81.6 | <0.001 |
a.
χ2 analyses comparing men and women.