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. 2017 Aug;211(2):70–76. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.116.183475

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants from the studies included in the meta-analysis

Radiant
PsyCoLaus
GSK
MARS
NESDA/NTR
Cases Controls Cases Controls Cases Controls Cases Controls Cases Controls
Sample size, n 2442 809 1296 1698 821 856 575 541 1768 2895

Gender, %
    Male 30.3 38.7 33.49 57.36 33.74 32.48 47.13 44.92 31.4 38.7
    Female 69.7 61.3 66.51 42.64 66.26 67.52 52.87 55.08 68.6 61.3

Mean age (s.d.), years 45.25
(12.15)
39.90
(13.71)
49.69
(8.68)
50.59
(8.94)
50.94
(13.74)
51.92
(13.26)
48.09
(13.95)
47.42
(13.50)
42.68
(12.41)
42.83
(14.96)

Mean body mass index
(s.d.), kg/m2
26.62
(4.32)
25.18
(4.31)
26.04
(3.84)
26.39
(3.80)
26.25
(4.89)
24.62
(4.08)
25.28
(4.52)
26.04
(4.72)
25.74
(5.13)
24.52
(4.00)

GSK, GiaxoSmithKline study; MARS, Munich Antidepressant Response Signature project; NESDA/NTR, Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety/Netherlands Twin Register.