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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Affect Disord. 2017 Oct 29;227:313–322. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.10.038

Table 2.

Symptom endorsement rates (%) by comparison groups.

All FH neg. FH pos. χ2 P PRS low PRS high χ2 P AAO > = 28 AAO < 28 χ2 P No adv. Adv. χ2 P
N 5784 3907 1494 3909 1301 4149 1477 3511 1812
Appetite loss 83.4 83.5 83.7 0.1 0.778 82.8 84.9 3.1 0.080 85.0 79.7 21.2 0.000 84.5 81.1 9.8 0.002
Weight loss 58.8 57.8 61.6 6.4 0.011 58.9 58.3 0.1 0.745 60.5 54.4 15.5 0.000 58.6 58.8 0.0 0.934
Appetite gain 9.5 9.1 10.2 1.2 0.266 10.2 7.1 10.0 0.002 8.4 12.3 18.7 0.000 7.8 13.0 36.3 0.000
Weight gain 6.7 6.2 7.3 1.9 0.163 6.9 5.5 2.4 0.124 6.1 8.5 9.5 0.002 5.5 9.1 24.7 0.000
Insomnia 92.3 92.5 92.2 0.0 0.877 92.5 91.6 0.5 0.469 93.4 90.0 17.5 0.000 93.3 91.1 8.8 0.003
Hypersomnia 13.1 11.7 16.4 20.8 0.000 12.7 13.5 0.4 0.541 11.6 17.3 30.0 0.000 11.7 16.2 19.8 0.000
Psychomotor retardation 76.0 76.0 77.2 0.9 0.346 75.3 77.8 3.1 0.077 75.9 76.5 0.2 0.642 76.2 77.0 0.2 0.627
Psychomotor agitation 72.5 72.4 74.0 1.5 0.221 73.2 71.6 1.0 0.321 73.4 70.3 5.0 0.025 73.2 71.6 1.6 0.201
Fatigue 93.4 92.9 95.2 10.8 0.001 93.2 94.0 0.9 0.344 94.0 91.8 7.5 0.006 93.5 93.1 0.5 0.489
Worthlessness 90.1 89.5 92.1 8.6 0.003 90.0 89.4 0.4 0.552 89.3 92.3 11.0 0.001 89.6 92.1 8.2 0.004
Reduced concentration 97.5 97.4 98.2 3.8 0.051 97.7 97.6 0.0 0.995 97.7 97.6 0.0 0.950 97.7 98.1 0.3 0.558
Suicidal ideation 76.2 75.9 77.3 1.3 0.253 76.1 75.1 0.5 0.500 75.9 77.5 1.6 0.203 74.1 80.0 21.1 0.000
Lost interest in (nearly) all activities 78.4 78.9 78.8 0.0 0.855 78.4 80.0 0.7 0.394 79.8 76.1 8.2 0.004 80.0 76.8 7.4 0.006
Decreased self esteem 84.2 83.9 85.3 1.6 0.208 84.8 82.8 2.8 0.093 83.5 86.5 7.6 0.006 83.5 85.5 3.4 0.063
Decreased self confidence 86.1 86.3 86.9 0.5 0.489 86.2 85.2 0.9 0.351 85.4 88.1 7.0 0.008 86.0 86.4 0.1 0.754
Depression different from grief 93.0 92.9 93.6 0.6 0.425 93.0 93.3 0.1 0.756 92.6 94.0 2.6 0.105 93.3 92.4 1.2 0.280
Diurnal variation 62.0 60.6 65.9 13.1 0.000 61.8 61.6 0.0 0.842 62.2 61.7 0.1 0.773 63.4 60.1 5.4 0.020
Decreased libido 88.8 88.3 91.0 8.0 0.005 88.4 88.9 0.2 0.694 89.8 86.1 14.2 0.000 89.5 88.2 1.7 0.192
Loss of ability to enjoy good things 86.2 86.1 87.2 1.1 0.304 86.5 85.1 1.5 0.221 87.0 83.6 10.3 0.001 86.7 84.5 4.4 0.035
Irritability or anger 74.7 73.4 77.1 7.9 0.005 75.2 71.9 5.5 0.019 73.9 76.5 3.7 0.054 72.6 79.0 25.7 0.000
Hopeless 80.6 79.5 83.4 10.3 0.001 80.0 81.6 1.3 0.263 78.9 85.1 26.2 0.000 78.6 84.2 23.2 0.000
Cry a lot 67.4 66.6 69.4 3.9 0.048 67.8 67.0 0.3 0.597 66.2 71.2 11.9 0.001 65.7 71.2 16.2 0.000
Helpless 89.2 88.2 92.2 18.0 0.000 89.1 89.4 0.0 0.841 88.5 91.6 11.0 0.001 87.8 92.6 28.3 0.000
Nervous, jittery, anxious 89.2 87.7 93.4 36.3 0.000 89.5 88.3 1.4 0.245 88.8 90.6 3.5 0.062 88.6 90.5 4.3 0.039
Average symptom endorsementa 72.9 72.4 74.6 6.2 0.000 72.9 72.6 0.9 0.348 72.8 73.3 −1.3 0.192 72.6 73.9 3.8 0.000

AAO, age at onset; Adv., adversity; FH, family history; PRS, polygenic risk score; χ2, chi-squared; P, P-value. Endorsement rates are expressed in percentages. In bold: P-values < 0.0005 (Bonferroni–corrected).

a

Statistic for average symptom endorsement is t-test.