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. 2022 Jan 29;22(2):130–135. doi: 10.1038/s41397-022-00267-7

Table 2.

Antidepressant response by CYP2C19 metaboliser status.

Low Moderate Well
Metaboliser status Sertraline (N = 5680)
Poor 32 (26%) 52 (42%) 39 (32%)
Intermediate 543 (37%) 551 (37%) 385 (26%)
Normal 851 (37%) 825 (36%) 644 (28%)
Rapid 543 (36%) 520 (35%) 430 (29%)
Ultrarapid 93 (35%) 107 (40%) 65 (24%)
Citalopram (N = 2503)
Poor 18 (35%) 19 (37%) 14 (27%)
Intermediate 251 (37%) 232 (34%) 190 (28%)
Normal 349 (36%) 376 (39%) 240 (25%)
Rapid 258 (37%) 266 (38%) 179 (25%)
Ultrarapid 45 (41%) 41 (37%) 25 (22%)
Escitalopram (N = 4342)
Poor 26 (34%) 18 (24%) 32 (42%)
Intermediate 339 (30%) 425 (38%) 351 (31%)
Normal 564 (32%) 672 (38%) 526 (30%)
Rapid 369 (31%) 444 (37%) 388 (32%)
Ultrarapid 61 (32%) 66 (35%) 61 (32%)

Percentages are presented conditional on antidepressant and metaboliser status (e.g., 26% of poor metabolisers taking sertraline reported a low efficacy).