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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 7.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropsychopharmacology. 2009 Mar 18;34(7):1819–1828. doi: 10.1038/npp.2009.4

Table 1.

Baseline sociodemographic and clinical features of the STAR*D genetics/sexual dysfunction Caucasian cohort (n = 1473)

Normal Impaired Total p
n Mean SD n Mean SD n Mean SD t
(a) Erectile function
Age (years) 363 42.5 13.5 211 47.8 12.3 574 44.4 13.3 −4.71 <0.001
Onset age (years) 363 26.8 14.6 209 27.3 16.0 572 27.0 15.1 −0.40 0.686
Illness duration (years) 363 15.7 13.2 209 20.4 15.0 572 17.5 14.1 −3.88 <0.001
Episode duration (months) 358 23.3 54.4 210 32.1 65.4 568 26.6 58.8 −1.71 0.088
QIDS-C (base) 363 15.8 3.1 210 16.4 3.4 573 16.0 3.2 −2.25 0.025
CIRS-total severity (base) 363 4.2 3.7 211 6.3 4.5 574 4.9 4.1 −6.16 <0.001
n % n % n % χ2 p
Gender (male) 363 100.0 211 100.0 574 100.0 NA NA
Married (yes) 165 45.5 107 50.7 272 47.4 1.48 0.224
Recurrent (yes) 258 75.0 151 78.2 409 76.2 0.71 0.398
Anxious (yes) 131 38.3 106 53.5 237 43.9 11.81 0.001
Setting (specialty) 243 66.9 128 60.7 371 64.6 2.30 0.129
Normal Decreased Total p
(b) Libido n Mean SD n Mean SD n Mean SD t
Age (years) 674 43.0 14.3 799 42.4 12.9 1473 42.7 13.5 0.83 0.408
Onset age (years) 671 26.7 15.2 793 25.1 14.4 1464 25.8 14.8 1.96 0.050
Illness duration (years) 671 16.4 14.2 793 17.2 13.9 1464 16.9 14.0 −1.14 0.253
episode duration (months) 671 24.4 55.4 793 23.1 51.8 1464 23.7 53.5 0.44 0.661
QIDS-C (base) 673 15.8 3.3 797 16.4 3.3 1470 16.1 3.3 −3.49 <0.001
CIRS-total severity (base) 674 4.5 3.9 799 4.8 3.9 1473 4.7 3.9 −1.36 0.175
n % n % n % χ2 p
Gender (male) 244 36.2 330 41.3 574 39.0 4.00 0.046
Married (yes) 228 33.8 440 55.1 668 45.3 66.56 <0.001
Recurrent (yes) 479 75.2 583 78.8 1062 77.1 2.50 0.114
Anxious (yes) 268 41.3 346 45.4 614 43.5 2.34 0.126
Setting (specialty) 371 55.0 470 58.5 841 57.1 2.13 0.144
Normal Impaired Total p
(c) Orgasm n Mean SD n Mean SD n Mean SD t
Age (years) 948 44.2 13.5 525 39.9 13.2 1473 42.7 13.5 5.92 <0.001
Onset age (years) 941 27.0 15.3 523 23.8 13.5 1464 25.8 14.8 3.90 <0.001
Illness duration (years) 941 17.3 14.4 523 16.1 13.3 1464 16.9 14.0 1.63 0.103
Episode duration (months) 942 25.5 58.1 522 20.4 43.8 1464 23.7 53.5 1.77 0.076
QIDS-C (base) 946 16.0 3.3 524 16.4 3.4 1470 16.1 3.3 −1.77 0.078
CIRS-total severity (base) 948 4.9 4.0 525 4.3 3.5 1473 4.7 3.9 3.03 0.003
n % n % n % χ2 p
Male 302 31.9 272 51.8 574 39.0 56.56 <0.001
Married (yes) 398 42.0 270 51.4 668 45.3 12.16 <0.001
Recurrent (yes) 668 75.8 394 79.4 1062 77.1 2.35 0.125
Anxious (yes) 396 43.2 218 44.0 614 43.5 0.07 0.794
Setting (specialty) 513 54.1 328 62.5 841 57.1 9.65 0.002

The table shows the baseline sociodemographic and clinical features of genotyped citalopram-treated subjects and association with erectile dysfunction (a), decreased libido (b), and difficulty achieving orgasm (c) following treatment. Bold values indicates p⩽0.05.