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. 2020 Mar 17;7:24. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2020.00024

Table 2.

Prevalence of prescribing at least one AD to patients with depression, according to the weight category and sex.

Weight group Number of patients in the group Prevalence of AD prescribing for each weight group
Number of patients with AD prescriptions % prevalence 95% CI
Underweight 1,685 1,077 63.9 61.6, 66.2
   Men 380 238 62.6 57.5, 67.5
   Women 1,305 839 64.3 61.6, 66.9
Normal 23,188 14,476 62.4 61.8, 63.1
   Men 5,569 3,535 63.5 62.2, 64.7
   Women 17,619 10,941 62.1 61.4, 62.8
Obese 19,314 13,369 69.2 68.6, 69.9
   Men 5,791 4,078 70.4 69.2, 71.6
   Women 13,523 9,291 68.7 67.9, 69.4
Overweight 19,643 12,684 64.6 63.9, 65.2
   Men 6,982 4,522 64.8 63.6, 65.9
   Women 12,661 8,162 64.5 63,6, 65.3
Total 63,830 41,606 65.2 64.8, 65.6
   Men 18,722 12,373 66.1 65.4, 66.8
   Women 45,108 29,233 64.8 64.4, 65.3

AD, antidepressant medications; 95% CI, 95% confidence intervals.