Depression, Comorbidities, and Prescriptions of Antidepressants in a German Network of GPs and Specialists with Subspecialisation in Anthroposophic Medicine: A Longitudinal Observational Study

Table 1

Characteristics of the study population according to co-morbidities, age, and gender.

Comorbid condition	Patients	Age group [years]			Gender [%]
		<40	40–59	≥ 60	Male	Female
	𝑁 (%)	𝑛 (%)	𝑛 (%)	𝑛 (%)	𝑛 (%)	𝑛 (%)
Coronary heart disease	202	7 (3.5)	71 (35.1)	124 (61.4)	66 (32.7)	136 (67.3)
Cerebrovascular disease	99	—	21 (21.2)	78 (78.8)	26 (26.3)	73 (73.7)
Diabetes mellitus	174	9 (5.2)	54 (31.0)	111 (63.8)	66 (27.9)	108 (62.1)
Cancer	351	19 (5.4)	162 (46.2)	170 (48.4)	81 (23.1)	270 (76.9)
Congestive heart failure	113	1 (0.9)	12 (10.6)	100 (88.5)	23 (20.4)	90 (79.6)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	68	8 (11.8)	25 (36.5)	35 (51.5)	19 (27.9)	49 (72.1)
Comorbidities
0	1736	614 (35.4)	921 (53.1)	201 (11.6)	358 (20.6)	1378 (79.4)
1	504	40 (7.9)	257 (51.0)	207 (41.1)	142 (28.2)	362 (71.8)
≥2	204	2 (1.0)	40 (19.6)	162 (79.4)	55 (27.0)	149 (73.0)
Total	2444	656 (26.8)	1218 (49.8)	570 (23.3)	555 (22.7)	1889 (77.3)