Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Women who Never or Ever had an Episode of Major Depression (MDE) Across 10 Years

		MDE: never		MDE: ever
		n=152		n=69
Baseline variables		n	col %	n	col %	p-value
Age (mean, sd)		45.7	92.6)	45.1	(2.3)	0.10
Ethnic	African American	51	33.6	26	37.7	0.55
	Caucasian	101	66.5	43	62.3
Married	No	44	29.0	24	34.8	0.38
	Yes	108	71.1	45	65.2
Education	<=HS	31	20.4	17	24.6	0.72
	Some college	55	36.2	22	31.9
	>=college	66	43.4	30	43.5
Very upsetting life events	No	91	59.9	21	30.4	<.0001
	Yes	61	40.1	48	69.6
Psychotropic medication use	No	142	93.4	54	78.3	0.001
	Yes	10	6.6	15	21.7
History of MDE	No	113	74.3	34	49.3	<.0001
	Yes	39	25.7	35	50.7
Frequent VMS symptoms (hot flashes or night sweats ≥6days/2wk)*	No	139	91.4	59	85.5	0.13
	Yes	12	7.9	10	14.5
BMI (mean,sd)		28.1	5.7	28.9	7.6	0.35
Hormones (mean,sd)**
log testosterone		3.7	0.5	3.6	0.5	0.04
log FSH		2.7	0.5	2.8	0.7	0.75
log estradiol		4.2	0.5	4.1	0.7	0.51

^*Note: 1 woman was missing complete data on vasomotor symptoms

^**Note: The results for hormones were similar when adjusted for BMI.