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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jun 4.
Published in final edited form as: Fertil Steril. 2007 Jun 4;89(3):685–692. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.03.059

Table 1.

Subject characteristics [mean (SD)]

CONTROL PD Statistics
n 7 9
INTAKE DATA
Age 33.0 (3.9) 26.9 (7.9) MWUexact = 13.0; p=0.06
Bipolar number (%) 0 (0%) 4 (44%) n/a
Antidepressant naïve (%) 7 (100%) 7 (77.8%) n/a
Breastfeeder number (%) 5 (71%) 4 (44%) Pearson chi2 = 1.2; p = 0.28
HAM25* 3.1 (2.3) 21.7 (7.9) MWUexact = 4.5; p=0.003
EPDS* 1.4 (1.4) 13.3 (3.1) MWUexact = 0.0; p=0.000
Weeks post-birth 11.1 (2.2) 9.6 (2.9) MWUexact = 19.0; p=0.21
BMI 26.1 (3.7) 27.6 (3.8) MWUexact = 25.5; p=0.55
LH (IU/L) 5.0 (6.7) 2.9 (2.4) MWUexact = 25.0; p=0.54
FSH† (IU/L) 10.4 (12.8) 6.4 (1.9) MWUexact = 31.0; p=1.00
Estradiol (pg/ml) 36.1 (20.5) 45.5 (18.6) MWUexact = 21.0; p=0.30
Progesterone (ng/ml) 0.4 (0.3) 2.2 (4.6) MWUexact = 20.0; p=0.24
Prolactin (ng/ml) 23.9 (22.3) 19.6 (26.0) MWUexact = 26.0; p=0.61
*

p(MWU,2-tailed) < 0.02.

†

Wide variability in FSH is attributed to a postpartum control subject who might be experiencing ovarian failure or early perimenopause with FSH = 39.3 IU/L. Abbreviations: EPDS = Edinburgh Postnatal Scale for Depression (58); HAM25 = 25-item Hamilton Scale for Depression (59).