Table 1 Demographic data of depressed patients

Gender Female

201

Male

7

HAM-D₁₇ All patients before placebo treatment (N = 208)

21.45 (SD = 3.78)

Activity

Housewives

108 (52%)

Dependent worker

43 (20.7%)

Independent worker

39 (18.8%)

Student

4 (1.9%)

Unemployed

11 (5.2%)

other

3 (1.4%)

Non-euthyroid

21 (one male and 20 female; 10.1% of the total)

Oral contraceptive use (OCU)

34 (of the 181 of the euthyroid women)