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Table 2 Characteristics of patients who only received treatment for the first month with regard to sex, age and origin, compared with patients who remained in treatment more than one month

From: Duration and compliance with antidepressant treatment in immigrant and native-born populations in Spain: a four year follow-up descriptive study

 

Treatment duration

p

 

1month

>1month

 

N

2013

3321

 

Male

35.9%

33.8%

0.116 (2)

Mean age (years)

45.5

46.2

0.064 (1)

IMMIGRANTS

10.8%

7.0%

<=0.001 (2)

*Latin America

33.2%

36.3%

0.315 (2)

Eastern Europe

35.5%

37.6%

 

Maghreb

23.0%

22.2%

 

Sub-Saharan

7.4%

3.0%

 

Others

0.9%

0.9%

 
  1. * Calculated using only the subgroup considered as immigrants.
  2. (1) p value of the t-test (comparison of means).
  3. (2) p value of the chi square independence test.