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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics among TRD, nTRD, and general population groups

From: The humanistic and economic burden of treatment-resistant depression in Europe: a cross-sectional study

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

  1. CCI Charlson comorbidity index, nTRD non-treatment-resistant depression, TRD treatment-resistant depression
  2. a< 0.3% had missing values
  3. bApproximately 1% declined to answer