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Table 1 Demographics and selected clinical characteristics of overall patient population and study cohorts

From: Association of depression symptom severity with short-term risk of an initial hospital encounter in adults with major depressive disorder

 

Overall Population

None/Minimal

Mild

Moderate

Moderately Severe

Severe

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

280,145 (100)

75,227 (26.9)

45,857 (16.4)

69,325 (24.7)

54,772 (19.6)

34,964 (12.5)

Age (years)

 Mean (SD)

48.0 (17.6)

53.7 (17.2)

48.8 (17.5)

47.1 (17.6)

44.0 (16.9)

42.6 (15.9)

Age distribution

 18–25 years

36,211 (12.9)

5410 (7.2)

5192 (11.3)

9608 (13.9)

9653 (17.6)

6348 (18.2)

 26–34 years

40,319 (14.4)

7357 (9.8)

6354 (13.9)

10,690 (15.4)

9480 (17.3)

6438 (18.4)

 35–44 years

44,813 (16.0)

10,095 (13.4)

7605 (16.6)

11,296 (16.3)

9407 (17.2)

6410 (18.3)

 45–54 years

49,505 (17.7)

12,890 (17.1)

8131 (17.7)

11,988 (17.3)

9795 (17.9)

6701 (19.2)

 55–64 years

53,410 (19.1)

16,422 (21.8)

8986 (19.6)

12,590 (18.2)

9531 (17.4)

5881 (16.8)

 65+ years

55,887 (19.9)

23,053 (30.6)

9589 (20.9)

13,153 (19.0)

6906 (12.6)

3186 (9.1)

Gender

 Female

202,990 (72.5)

54,572 (72.5)

33,256 (72.5)

49,886 (72.0)

39,766 (72.6)

25,510 (73.0)

 Male

77,155 (27.5)

20,655 (27.5)

12,601 (27.5)

19,439 (28.0)

15,006 (27.4)

9454 (27.0)

Race

 Caucasian

238,847 (85.3)

66,866 (88.9)

39,905 (87.0)

58,925 (85.0)

45,316 (82.7)

27,835 (79.6)

 African American

21,961 (7.8)

4789 (6.4)

3000 (6.5)

5270 (7.6)

5036 (9.2)

3866 (11.1)

 Asian

2475 (0.9)

530 (0.7)

390 (0.9)

619 (0.9)

534 (1.0)

402 (1.1)

 Other

16,862 (6.0)

3042 (4.0)

2562 (5.6)

4511 (6.5)

3886 (7.1)

2861 (8.2)

Ethnicity

 Non-Hispanic

245,525 (87.6)

68,592 (91.2)

40,764 (88.9)

59,055 (85.2)

47,260 (86.3)

29,854 (85.4)

 Hispanic

12,915 (4.6)

2183 (2.9)

1991 (4.3)

3232 (4.7)

3312 (6.0)

2197 (6.3)

 Unknown

21,705 (7.7)

4452 (5.9)

3102 (6.8)

7038 (10.2)

4200 (7.7)

2913 (8.3)

US geographic region

 Midwest

177,679 (63.4)

51,231 (68.1)

29,178 (63.6)

41,902 (60.4)

33,758 (61.6)

21,610 (61.8)

 Northeast

20,950 (7.5)

6289 (8.4)

4162 (9.1)

4776 (6.9)

3582 (6.5)

2141 (6.1)

 South

41,404 (14.8)

9618 (12.8)

6520 (14.2)

10,964 (15.8)

8985 (16.4)

5317 (15.2)

 West

27,161 (9.7)

4953 (6.6)

4123 (9.0)

8583 (12.4)

5603 (10.2)

3899 (11.2)

 Other/unknown

12,951 (4.6)

3136 (4.2)

1874 (4.1)

3100 (4.5)

2844 (5.2)

1997 (5.7)

Insurance type

 Commercial

72,587 (25.9)

16,111 (21.4)

10,039 (21.9)

20,285 (29.3)

16,244 (29.7)

9908 (28.3)

 Medicaid

11,682 (4.2)

1467 (2.0)

1354 (3.0)

3242 (4.7)

3095 (5.7)

2524 (7.2)

 Medicare

28,535 (10.2)

11,406 (15.2)

4162 (9.1)

6732 (9.7)

4050 (7.4)

2185 (6.2)

 Multiple

107,215 (38.3)

32,404 (43.1)

19,914 (43.4)

24,474 (35.3)

18,387 (33.6)

12,036 (34.4)

 Other payer types

4267 (1.5)

1049 (1.4)

669 (1.5)

1027 (1.5)

890 (1.6)

632 (1.8)

 Uninsured

2592 (0.9)

302 (0.4)

278 (0.6)

695 (1.0)

746 (1.4)

571 (1.6)

 Missing

18,271 (6.5)

3384 (4.5)

3094 (6.7)

4661 (6.7)

4520 (8.3)

2612 (7.5)

 Unknown

34,996 (12.5)

9104 (12.1)

6347 (13.8)

8209 (11.8)

6840 (12.5)

4496 (12.9)

Smoking status

 Current smoker

77,927 (27.8)

16,745 (22.3)

11,424 (24.9)

19,764 (28.5)

17,299 (31.6)

12,695 (36.3)

 Non-smoker

77,626 (27.7)

22,181 (29.5)

13,424 (29.3)

18,348 (26.5)

14,847 (27.1)

8826 (25.2)

 History of smoking

124,592 (44.5)

36,301 (48.3)

21,009 (45.8)

31,213 (45.0)

22,626 (41.3)

13,443 (38.4)

Past suicidal ideation

4443 (1.6)

723 (1.0)

548 (1.2)

915 (1.3)

964 (1.8)

1293 (3.7)

Past suicide attempt

1451 (0.5)

265 (0.4)

229 (0.5)

326 (0.5)

327 (0.6)

304 (0.9)

Elixhauser index score

 Mean (SD)

13.4 (14.2)

14.6 (14.9)

13.4 (14.2)

13.2 (14.3)

12.5 (13.6)

12.4 (13.4)

Psychiatric comorbiditiesa

 Anxiety disorders

143,705 (51.3)

33,819 (45.0)

23,609 (51.5)

35,923 (51.8)

29,908 (54.6)

20,446 (58.5)

 Sleep-wake disorders

43,787 (15.6)

12,651 (16.8)

7414 (16.2)

10,979 (15.8)

7893 (14.4)

4850 (13.9)

 Caffeine and nicotine addictions

38,999 (13.9)

8086 (10.7)

5716 (12.5)

10,188 (14.7)

8790 (16.0)

6219 (17.8)

 Trauma-and-stressor-related disorders

26,747 (9.5)

5547 (7.4)

4410 (9.6)

6534 (9.4)

5859 (10.7)

4397 (12.6)

 All other substances addiction (non-caffeine and tobacco)

17,926 (6.4)

3796 (5.0)

2968 (6.5)

4336 (6.3)

3887 (7.1)

2939 (8.4)

Depression treatment

 Antidepressant

215,130 (76.8)

55,463 (73.7)

34,269 (74.7)

53,443 (77.1)

43,804 (80.0)

28,151 (80.5)

 Psychotherapy

49,527 (17.7)

10,867 (14.4)

9526 (20.2)

11,769 (17.0)

10,166 (18.6)

7469 (21.4)

  1. Across all listed comparisons of the study cohorts stratified by depression symptom severity level, p-values were < 0.001
  2. aReported for psychiatric comorbidities present in the overall study population at > 5%
  3. MDD Major depressive disorder, SD Standard deviation