Table A1.
Mean Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale score of participants who consumed seafood ≤3 times per week (sub-analysis).
| Observational Study | Intervention Trial | a p | b p | c p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Historical Control | Perilla Oil Group | Fish Oil Group | ||||||
| One month after childbirth | n | 153 | 81 | 71 | ||||
| EPDS | Mean ± SD | 5.7 ± 4.2 | 5.4 ± 3.3 | 5.5 ± 3.7 | ||||
| score ≥ 9 | % (n) | 22.2 (34) | 11.1 (9) | 22.5 (16) | 0.050 | 1.000 | 0.079 | |
p-value: Fisher’s Exact test for categorical variables; a p: Historical control vs. perilla oil; b p: Historical control vs. fish oil; c p: Perilla oil vs. fish oil. EPDS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; SD, standard deviation.