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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of spontaneous abortion group and comparison group

From: Depressive disorder and grief following spontaneous abortion

 

Spontaneous abortion group (N = 137)

Comparison group (N = 137)

Significance

Age in years mean (SD)

30.39 (6.38)

28.79 (6.25)

t = 2.09 p = 0.037

Race

  

Chi 0.71; df = 2; p = 0.70

 Sinhala

127 (93.4)

125 (91.2)

 Tamil

5 (3.7)

8 (5.8)

 Muslim

4 (2.9)

4 (2.9)

Religion

  

χ 2 = 1.19; df = 3; p = 0.76

 Buddhist

122 (89.1)

116 (84.7)

 Christian

7 (5.1)

10 (7.3)

 Hindu

4 (2.9)

6 (4.4)

 Islam

4 (2.9)

5 (3.6)

Education

   

 10 years or less

83 (60.6)

100 (73.0)

χ 2 = 4.76; df = 1; p = 0.03

 More than 10 years

54 (39.4)

37 (27.0)

Employment

  

χ 2 = 0.50; df = 1; p = 0.48

 Employed

32 (23.4)

27 (19.9)

 Unemployed or housewife

105 (76.6)

109 (80.1)

Income

  

χ 2 = 2.84; df = 3; P = 0.42

 Less than Rs. 10000

31 (22.6)

27 (19.7)

 Rs. 10000–15000

24 (17.5)

19 (13.9)

 Rs. 15000–20000

41 (29.9)

54 (39.4)

 >Rs. 20000

41 (29.9)

37 (27.0)

Living children

  

χ 2 = 2.48; df = 1; P =0.12

 Yes

80 (58.4)

67 (48.9)

 No

57 (41.6)

70 (51.1)

Period of amenorrhoea

  

χ 2 = 63.8; df =2; P <0.001

 ≤12 weeks

93 (70.5)

33 (24.6)

 13–18 weeks

32 (24.2)

54 (40.3)

 19–28 weeks

7 (5.3)

47 (35.1)

 Unknown

5 (3.6)

3 (2.2)