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Table 1 Sex ratio, age, and clinical characteristics of the participants

From: Anger tendency may be associated with duration of illness in panic disorder

 

Total

Long PD duration

Short PD duration

N (Male/Female)

413 (132/281)

186 (58/128)

200 (66/134)

Age (mean (SD))

38.7 (10.5)

42.4 (10.0)

34.7 (9.7)

PD duration (mean (SD))

10.4 (8.4)

17.5 (7.4)

4.0 (2.5)

Fluvoxamine (mean (SD/range)) [mg]

23.1 (36.1/0-300)

23.7 (39.8/0-300)

23.1 (33.9/0-150)

(N (%) of users)

172 (42.2%)

75 (41.0%)

85 (42.9%)

Paroxetine (mean (SD/range)) [mg]

7.8 (11.6/0-40)

7.1 (11.5/0-40)

8.6 (11.8/0-40)

(N (%) of users)

155 (38.0%)

63 (34.4%)

83 (41.9%)

Milnacipran (mean (SD/range)) [mg]

2.2 (11.3/0-100)

3.1 (13.4/0-100)

1.4 (9.1/0-100)

(N (%) of users)

19 (4.7%)

12 (6.6%)

6 (3.0%)

Benzodiazepine (N (%) of users)

386 (94.6%)

178 (97.3%)

183 (92.4%)

Imipramine-equivalents (mean (SD))

73.1 (60.0)

75.6 (65.5)

71.7 (56.0)

Agoraphobia (N (%))

238 (57.6%)

112 (60.2%)

108 (54.0%)

SAD (N (%))

24 (5.8%)

13 (7.0%)

9 (4.5%)

OCD (N (%))

19 (4.6%)

7 (3.8%)

10 (5.0%)

GAD (N (%))

19 (4.6%)

8 (4.3%)

11 (5.5%)

PTSD (N (%))

9 (2.2%)

4 (2.2%)

5 (2.5%)

Major depressive episode (N (%))

51 (12.3%)

27 (14.5%)

20 (10.0%)

Manic episode (N (%))

12 (2.9%)

5 (2.7%)

6 (3.0%)

Hypomanic episode (N (%))

24 (5.8%)

9 (4.8%)

14 (7.0%)

  1. SD: standard deviation.
  2. PD: panic disorder.
  3. SAD: social anxiety disorder.
  4. OCD: obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  5. GAD: generalized anxiety disorder.
  6. PTSD: posttraumatic stress disorder.
  7. PD duration and age were significantly longer and higher in the long group than in the short group.
  8. Sex ratio, prescriptions, and percentages of participants with agoraphobia or other comorbid disorders showed no significant differences between the long and short groups.
  9. The data for prescription strength and usage was obtained from 408 participants (long duration group = 183, short duration group = 198).