Table 2.

Unadjusted rates of dimensions of perceived mood and weight changes reported with oral contraceptive use at six-months among young women with baseline depressed mood and perceived stress

MOOD AND WEIGHT CHANGE DIMENSIONS
	Type X² (P) r n (%)		Severity X² (P) r n (%)			Quality X² (P) r n (%)			Attribution X² (P) r n (%)
Reported mood changes (overall, N=87, 25%)	More n=73	Less n=14	Little n=43	Some n=23	Lot n=21	Good n=18	Bad N=41	Neither n=28	Due to pill n=40
Depressed mood^a (≥16-pts CES-D) n=27/73 (37%) p=0.01	7.70 (0.02) −0.15		19.41 (<0.001) 0.21			3.23 (0.20) 0.08			0.53 (0.47) 0.04
Depressed mood^a (≥16-pts CES-D) n=27/73 (37%) p=0.01	n=23 (32%)	n=4 (29%)	n=9 (21%)	n=6 (26%)	n=12 (57%)	n=6 (33%)	n=11 (27%)	n=10 (36%)	n=10 (25%)
Perceived stress^a (≥21-pts PSS-10) n=21/67 (31%) p=0.15	5.18 (0.08) −0.10		2.66 (0.50) 0.09			0.32 (0.85) 0.02			0.03 (0.85) 0.01
Perceived stress^a (≥21-pts PSS-10) n=21/67 (31%) p=0.15	n=20 (27%)	n=1 (7%)	n=9 (21%)	n=6 (26%)	n=6 (29%)	n=3 (17%)	n=9 (22%)	n=9 (32%)	n=8 (20%)
Reported weight changes (overall, N=200, 57%)	Gain n=135	Loss n=65	Little n=104	Some n=44	Lot n=52	Good n=67	Bad N=79	Neither n=52	Due to pill (vs. other) n=102
Depressed Mood^a (≥16-pts CES-D) n=51/73 (70%) p=0.02	8.32 (0.02) −0.10		9.40 (0.02) 0.11			4.07 (0.13) 0.07			2.08 (0.15) 0.08
Depressed Mood^a (≥16-pts CES-D) n=51/73 (70%) p=0.02	n=31 (23%)	n=20 (31%)	n=25 (24%)	n=15 (34%)	n=11 (21%)	n=19 (28%)	n=18 (28%)	n=13 (25%)	N=26 (25%)
Perceived Stress^a (≥21-pts PSS-10) n=42/67 (63%) p=0.26	1.31 (0.52) −0.05		5.40 (0.14) −0.01			0.65 (0.72) 0.01			0.04 (0.84) 0.01
Perceived Stress^a (≥21-pts PSS-10) n=42/67 (63%) p=0.26	n=28 (21%)	n=14 (22%)	n=25 (24%)	n=11 (25%)	n=6 (12%)	n=15 (22%)	n=14 (18%)	n=12 (23%)	n=20 (20%)

Center for Epidemiologic Studies – Depression Scale (CES-D); Perceived Stress Scale - 10 (PSS-10).

Depressed mood and perceived stress: Results are presented as numbers (n) and rates (%) of reported mood and weight changes overall (yes/no) among those with elevated depressed mood and perceived stress scores.

Pearson’s chi-square (X²) compares rates of overall reported mood and weight changes among those with and without depressed mood and perceived stress.

Columns 1–4: For dimensions of perceived side effects, results are presented as numbers (n) and rates (%) of dimensions of reported mood and weight changes. Statistical analysis for associations between depressed mood and stress and side effect dimensions are Pearson’s chi-square test (X²) with p-value (p) and Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r). P-values considered statistically significant at alpha <0.05, <0.01, or <0.001 for all tests.