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Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics

From: Are old-old patients with major depression more likely to relapse than young-oldpatients during continuation treatment with escitalopram?

 

Patients aged 65-74 yearsa

(n = 254)

Patients aged ≥75 years

(n = 151)

Mean age in years (SD)

69 (3)

79 (4)

Sex (n, % women)

193 (76%)

120 (79%)

BMI in kg/m2 (SD)

26.5 (4.2)

25.8 (4.0)

Mean duration of current MDE in weeks (SD)

16.3 (15.1)

16.6 (16.5)

Mean age at MDD onset in years (range)

62 (18-74)

71 (12-90)

First episode (n, %)

67 (26.4%)

51 (33.8%)

Co-morbid diseases/patient (mean ± SD)

3.1 (2.1)*

3.7 (2.3)

MADRS total score (mean ± SD)

31.1 (5.0)

30.9 (4.1)

CGI-S (mean ± SD)

4.9 (0.7)

4.8 (0.7)

  1. a all patients were at least 65 years of age
  2. BMI: body mass index, CGI-S: Clinical Global Impression - Severity of illness, MADRS: Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale, MDE: major depressive episode; SD: standard deviation * p < 0.05 versus patients aged ≥75 years
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BMC Geriatrics

ISSN: 1471-2318

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