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Table 2 Characteristics of women by EPDS, n = 2555

From: The effect of perceived social support during early pregnancy on depressive symptoms at 6 weeks postpartum: a prospective study

 

Total

EPDS

P *

n (%)

< 10 (n = 2259)

≥10 (n = 287)

 

n (%)

n (%)

Age (years) a

   

0.50

  < =25

471 (20.8)

421 (89.4)

50 (10.6)

 

 26–30

1314 (59.2)

1161 (88.4)

153 (11.6)

 

 31–35

594 (26.3)

522 (87.9)

72 (12.1)

 

  > =36

150 (6.6)

138 (92)

12 (8)

 

BMI (kg/m2) b

   

0.65

  < 18.5

379 (15.0)

330 (87.1)

49 (12.9)

 

 18.5–23.9

1726 (68.3)

1534 (88.9)

192 (11.1)

 

 24.0–27.9

333 (13.1)

298 (89.5)

35 (10.5)

 

  ≥ 28

91 (3.6)

83 (91.2)

8 (8.8)

 

Ethnicity c

   

0.53

 Han

2520 (99.0)

2237 (88.8)

283 (11.2)

 

 Others

26 (1.0)

22 (84.6)

4 (15.4)

 

Economic status d, j

   

< 0.001

 Difficult/careful/loan

306 (12.3)

248 (81.0)

58 (19.0)

 

 Fair

1747 (70.0)

1561 (89.4)

186 (10.6)

 

 Good

444 (17.7)

411 (92.6)

33 (7.4)

 

Education (years) e

   

0.40

  ≤ 12

258 (10.2)

232 (89.9)

26 (10.1)

 

 12–15

1970 (77.5)

1753 (89.0)

217 (11.0)

 

  > 15

313 (12.3)

271 (86.6)

42 (13.4)

 

Parity

   

0.048

 Nulliparous

2138 (84.0)

1886 (88.2)

252 (11.8)

 

 Parous

408 (16.0)

373 (91.4)

35 (8.6)

 

Health status f, j

   

< 0.001

 Fair/poor/very poor

578 (22.8)

467 (80.8)

111 (19.2)

 

 Good

1530 (60.3)

1382 (90.3)

148 (9.7)

 

 Very good

429 (16.9)

401 (93.5)

28 (6.5)

 

Sleep quality g, j

   

< 0.001

 Fair/poor/very poor

1292 (50.8)

1093 (84.6)

199 (15.4)

 

 Good/very good

1250 (49.2)

1162 (93.0)

88 (7.0)

 

Smoking h

   

0.23

 No

2530 (99.7)

2247 (88.8)

283 (11.2)

 

 Yes

8 (0.3)

6 (75)

2 (25)

 

Alcohol use i

   

0.003

 No

2311 (90.9)

2066 (89.4)

245 (10.6)

 

 Yes

231 (9.1)

189 (81.8)

42 (18.2)

 

Social support

   

< 0.001

 Low

279 (11.0)

223 (79.9)

56 (20.1)

 

 High

2267 (89.0)

2036 (89.8)

231 (10.2)

 
  1. BMI: body mass index calculated by height and weight
  2. a Missing data on 17 women; b Missing data on 17 women; c Missing data on 5 women; d Missing data on 49 women; e Missing data on 5 women; f Missing data on 9 women; g Missing data on 13 women; h Missing data on 8 women; i Missing data on 4 women
  3. j Economic status, Health status, Sleep quality were self-assessed by participants
  4. * Calculated by chi-square test except for ethnicity and Smoking which were calculated by Fisher’s exact test
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