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Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of patients

From: Impact of gender, depression severity and type of depressive episode on efficacy and safety of escitalopram: an observational study on major depressive disorder patients in southern India

Characteristic, N = 148*

Female, n (%)

87 (58.8)

Male, n (%)

61 (41.2)

Ethnicity

South Indian

Age in years, mean ± SD

42.2 ± 10.7

Patients experiencing first episode, n (%)

102 (68.9)

Patients experiencing recurrent episode n (%),

46 (31.1)

HDRS-17 score, mean ± SD

22.56 ± 3.22

MADRS score, mean ± SD

33.22 ± 4.23

CGI-S score, n (%)

 4 = Moderately ill

47 (31.5)

 5 = Markedly ill

52 (34.9)

 6 = Severely ill

49 (32.9)

Patients having suicidal ideation, n (%)

23 (15.5)

Patients having suicidal tendency, n (%)

0(0)

  1. *N - Total number of study subjects