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. 2019 Aug 7;19:247. doi: 10.1186/s12888-019-2222-4

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics among TRD, nTRD, and general population groups

Variable (a)
TRD
(n = 622)
(b)
nTRD
(n = 2686)
(c)
General population
(n = 48,752)
P-value
% N % N % N a vs. b a vs. c b vs. c
Sex
 Male 32.3% 201 35.0% 941 47.4% 23,095 0.199 <0.001 <0.001
 Female 67.7% 421 65.0% 1745 52.6% 25,657
Age, years
 18 to 29 13.3% 83 14.0% 376 16.7% 8140 0.001 <0.001 <0.001
 30 to 39 12.5% 78 14.6% 391 15.7% 7652
 40 to 49 26.4% 164 22.7% 611 17.3% 8449
 50 to 59 29.7% 185 24.6% 661 16.3% 7926
 60+ 18.0% 112 24.1% 647 34.0% 16,585
Country
 France 12.4% 77 16.2% 436 26.5% 12,910 0.020 <0.001 <0.001
 Germany 23.8% 148 25.2% 676 24.1% 11,728
 Italy 7.7% 48 8.9% 239 17.3% 8410
 Spain 10.0% 62 7.5% 202 11.4% 5551
 UK 46.1% 287 42.2% 1133 20.8% 10,153
Marital Status (married or living with partner)a 49.8% 310 50.9% 1366 62.7% 30,561 0.890 <0.001 <0.001
Education (completed university)b 26.2% 163 28.9% 777 38.3% 18,673 0.182 <0.001 <0.001
Household Income
 Low (< 20,000 € or £) 38.6% 240 37.1% 996 23.1% 11,257 0.818 <0.001 <0.001
 Medium (≥20,000- < 40,000 € or £) 33.3% 207 33.6% 902 37.5% 18,281
 High (≥40,000 € or £) 20.3% 126 21.8% 585 29.1% 14,180
 Decline to answer 7.9% 49 7.6% 203 10.3% 5034
Employed 39.2% 244 49.7% 1334 55.3% 26,951 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
CCI (mean, SD) 0.76 1.22 0.57 1.05 0.29 0.77 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Body Mass Index
 Underweight (<18.5 kg/m2) 4.3% 27 3.3% 88 3.3% 1617 0.001 <0.001 <0.001
 Normal weight (≥18.5 to <25.0 kg/m2) 25.4% 158 31.6% 848 43.7% 21,328
 Overweight (≥25.0 to <30.0 kg/m2) 27.3% 170 30.1% 808 31.4% 15,293
 Obese (≥30.0 kg/m2) 32.0% 199 26.0% 698 14.9% 7243
 Decline to Answer 10.9% 68 9.1% 244 6.7% 3271
Exercised 39.4% 245 51.0% 1370 62.2% 30,342 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Alcohol use (daily) 5.5% 34 5.8% 155 8.0% 3881 0.827 <0.001 <0.001
Current smoker 32.3% 201 32.0% 859 22.4% 10,900 0.714 <0.001 <0.001
Comorbidities
 Anemia 10.8% 67 5.9% 159 2.5% 1202 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
 Arrhythmia 4.0% 25 3.2% 85 2.3% 1107 0.284 0.004 0.003
 Cancer 5.8% 36 6.5% 174 5.2% 2552 0.525 0.539 0.005
 Chronic heart failure 3.1% 19 1.6% 44 0.9% 434 0.020 <0.001 <0.001
 Chronic kidney disease 1.4% 9 1.3% 36 0.7% 347 0.836 0.031 <0.001
 Diabetes 12.9% 80 11.7% 313 7.3% 3579 0.401 <0.001 <0.001
 Hepatitis A 0.8% 5 1.1% 29 0.9% 421 0.539 0.873 0.242
 Hypertension 29.4% 183 26.1% 702 19.1% 9302 0.095 <0.001 <0.001
 Rheumatoid arthritis 7.4% 46 4.9% 132 2.2% 1050 0.013 <0.001 <0.001

CCI Charlson comorbidity index, nTRD non-treatment-resistant depression, TRD treatment-resistant depression

a< 0.3% had missing values

bApproximately 1% declined to answer