Table 1.
Prevalence of Sub-threshold Depression (SD) (HRDS > 10 without criteria for lifetime Depressive Episode) by sex and frequency of Mania and Hypomania detected by MDQ in SD, Depressive Episode point prevalence = DE and in the overall sample without depressive depression (SD or DE) = ND, by sex
| Male | % | Female | % | Total | % | OR (F) | CL 95% | Χ2 1df | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD | 29 | 2.0 | 108 | 5.5 | 137 | 5.0 | 2.86 | 1.4-4.3 | 25.5 | < 0.0005 |
| 1. MDQ in SD | 3 | 10.3 | 7 | 6.5 | 10 | 7.3 | 0.6 | 0.24-1.39 | 0.10 | 0.76 |
| 2. MDQ in DE | 4 | 23.5 | 11 | 28.9 | 15 | 27.3 | 1.3 | 0.41-2.10 | 0.01 | 0.92 |
| 3. MDQ in ND | 42 | 3.0 | 36 | 2.0 | 78 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.34-1.05 | 3.14 | 0.08 |
| MDQ in the overall sample | 49 | 3.4 | 54 | 2.7 | 103 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.5-1.2 | 1.00 | 0.312 |
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Χ2 by columns 3df |
25.7 | 107.0 | 100.4 | |||||||
| P | 0.0001 | 0.0001 | 0.0001 | |||||||
Homogeneity by cells in columns (1DF):
Column Male 1vs2, χ2 = 0.6, P = 0.43; 1vs3, χ2 = 2.86, P = 0.09; 2vs3 χ2 16.3, P < 0.001; Column Female1vs2, χ2 = 11.1, P < 0.001; 1vs3, χ2 = 7.05, P = 0.006; 2vs3 χ2 = 98.8, P < 0.0001; Column Total 1vs2, χ2 = 12.5, P < 0.001; 1vs3, χ2 = 6.4, P < 0.01; 2vs3 χ2 = 91.2, P < 0.0001.