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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 21.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2018 Jun 26;169(3):146–155. doi: 10.7326/M17-2252

Appendix Table 7.

Descriptive statistics for depression stratified by years of enrollment

All participants
2005–2007 2008–2010 2011–2013
EFV NVP EFV NVP EFV NVP
Proportion of participants ever with
depression (%)
14/68 (21%) 90/251 (36%) 10/32 (31%) 26/103 (25%) 37/205 (18%) 9/35 (26%)
Proportion of person-visits with
depression (%)
26/415 (6.3%) 164/1536 (11%) 24/212 (11%) 51/640 (8.0%) 55/895 (6.1%) 13/156 (8.3%)
Events/PY 7/74.5 99/362.5 5/34.8 32/161.5 37/320.7 11/74.4
Crude IR (events/100 PY) 9.4 27.3 14.4 19.8 0.11 0.15
Crude IR difference* (95% CI) −17.9 (−26.7, −9.1) −5.4 (−19.8, 8.9) −3.3 (−12.8, 6.2)
Crude IRR, (exact 95% CI) 0.34 (0.13, 0.74) 0.73 (0.22, 1.88) 0.78 (0.39, 1.70)
  Excluding participants with pre-ART depression
2005–2007 2008–2010 2011–2013
EFV NVP EFV NVP EFV NVP
Proportion of participants ever with
depression (%)
2/41 (4.9%) 34/156 (22%) 3/18 (17%) 13/79 (16%) 12/147 (8.2%) 5/25 (20%)
Proportion of person-visits with
depression (%)
3/248 (1.2%) 57/981 (5.8%) 8/124 (6.5%) 22/490 (4.5%) 13/642 (2.0%) 7/115 (6.1%)
Events/PY 1/46.0 36/256.0 2/22.1 14/131.6 12/245.1 7/56.6
Crude IR (events/100 PY) 2.2 14.1 9.0 10.6 4.9 12.4
Crude IR difference (95% CI) −11.9 (−18.2, −5.6) −1.6 (−15.3, 12.1) −7.5 (−17.0, 2.1)
Crude IRR, (exact 95% CI) 0.15 (0.00, 0.92) 0.85 (0.09, 3.70) 0.40 (0.14, 1.19)

*All incidence rate differences and incidence rate ratios are given as comparing use of efavirenz vs. use of nevirapine

EFV = efavirenz; NVP = nevirapine; PY = person-years; IR = incidence rate; IRR = incidence rate ratio; CI = confidence interval; ART = antiretroviral therapy