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Published in final edited form as: J Affect Disord. 2006 Nov 20;100(1-3):91–101. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.10.002

Table 1.

Early neurodevelopmental characteristics of clinically referred depressed children (N=367-371)

	Item endorsement		Score descriptives
Variables	N	% of sample	Mean (SD)	Range
Perinatal problem index			0.72 (.98)	0 – 4
Premature/late delivery	47	12.7%
Complications during delivery^a	79	21.3%
Very large/small at birth	70	18.9%
Special care after birth^b	73	19.7%
Difficult temperament index			0.87 (.97)	0 – 3
Recurrent feeding problems	88	23.9%
Recurrent/chronic sleeping problems	118	31.9%
Usually/often hard to comfort/soothe	119	32.2%
Developmental delay index			0.20 (.48)	0 – 2
Late for age when began to walk without help	30	8.1%
Late to start to speak in sentences	46	12.4%

E.g., excessive bleeding, “cord” around the neck, Rh incompatibility

E.g., placed in incubator, under special observation