Predictors of Treatment with Duloxetine or Venlafaxine XR among Adult Patients Treated for Depression in Primary Care Practices in the United Kingdom

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of patients Initiating duloxetine or venlafaxine XR.

	Duloxetine		Venlafaxine XR		𝑃 value
	𝑛/mean	%/SD	𝑛/mean	%/SD
Number of patients (𝑛)	909		1,286
Female (𝑛, %)	615	67.7%	829	64.5%	0.120
Age (𝑛, %)					<0.001
18–34	177	19.5%	345	26.8%	<0.001
35–44	206	22.7%	333	25.9%	0.083
45–54	194	21.3%	254	19.8%	0.362
55–64	156	17.2%	193	15.0%	0.174
65+	176	19.4%	161	12.5%	<0.001
Age (mean, SD)	49.6	16.5	45.5	16.1	<0.001