Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics at baseline (intention to treat analysis; figures are means (SD); medians unless stated otherwise)

	Hypericum (n=122)	Paroxetine (n=122)
No (%) of women	85 (70)	83 (68)
Age (years)	49.0 (11.0); 51.5	45.5 (11.5); 48.0
No (%) with recurrent depression	50 (41)	49 (40)
Duration of current episode (days)	160 (109); 148	127 (81); 106
HAMD total score*	25.5 (2.7); 25.0	25.5 (2.9); 25.0
No (%) with HAMD total score ≥25	69 (57)	67 (55)
MADRS total score†	29.9 (5.0); 29.0	29.4 (4.9); 29.0
Beck depression inventory‡	26.3 (8.5); 26.0	25.6 (8.0); 24.5
No (%) markedly or severelly ill§	87 (71)	84 (69)

HAMD=Hamilton depression scale; MADRS=Montgomery-Åsberg depression rating scale.

^*Theoretical range 0-52.

^†Theoretical range 0-60.

^‡Theoretical range 0-63; 119 in hypericum group, 120 in paroxetine group.

^§According to clinical global impressions score.