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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Womens Ment Health. 2014 Jun 21;17(4):269–278. doi: 10.1007/s00737-014-0433-8

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics by Family History of Major Depression (MD)

Total No Family
History of MD
Family History
of MD
N=303 n=199
(65.7%)
n=104
(34.3%)
p
value
Age (years), mean (SD) 46.3 (2.6) 46.4 (2.6) 46.1 (2.4) .51
African American, n (%) 95 (31.3) 62 (31.2) 33 (31.7) .91
Education, n (%)
  Less than High School 70 (23.1) 55 (27.6) 15 (14.4) .03
  High School/ Some College 102 (33.7) 65 (32.7) 37 (35.6)
  College/More than College 131 (43.2) 79 (39.7) 52 (50.0)
Marital Status, n (%)
  Married 208 (69.1) 141 (70.8) 67 (65.7) .45
  Never married 37 (12.3) 25 (12.6) 12 (11.8)
  Separated / Widowed / Divorced 56 (18.6) 33 (16.6) 23 (22.5)
Somewhat/very hard to pay for basics, n (%) 84 (27.8) 55 (27.8) 29 (27.9) .98
Menopausal Status, n (%)
  Premenopausal 165 (54.5) 114 (57.3) 51 (49.0) .17
  Early Perimenopausal 138 (45.5) 85 (42.7) 53 (51.0)
Vasomotor Symptoms: at least 6/14 days, n (%) 28 (9.3) 14 (7.1) 14 (13.5) .07
Any Chronic Medical Condition, n (%) 110 (36.3) 68 (34.2) 42 (40.4) .28
Overall Health, n (%)
  Good/Very Good/Excellent 258 (85.7) 171 (86.4) 87 (84.5) .66
  Poor/Fair 43 (14.3) 27 (13.6) 16 (15.5)
Body Mass Index (kg/m2), mean(SD) 28.6 (6.6) 28.3 (6.5) 29.2 (6.9) .25
Physical Activity Score (range: 0–14), mean (SD) 7.9 (1.7) 7.9 (1.7) 7.8 (1.7) .65
Very Upsetting Life Event in past year, n (%) 157 (52.0) 98 (49.5) 59 (56.7) .23
Very Upsetting Chronic Difficulty in past year, n (%) 72 (25.4) 40 (21.0) 32 (34.0) <.01
Social Support (range: 0–16), mean (SD) 12.9 (2.8) 13.0 (2.8) 12.8 (2.7) .27
Optimism (range: 0–18), mean (SD) 13.0 (3.8) 13.0 (3.7) 13.1 (4.0) .63
Trait Anxiety (range: 10–40), mean (SD) 15.9 (4.7) 15.6 (4.6) 16.5 (5.0) .12
Lifetime History of MD, n (%) 103 (34.0) 53 (26.6) 50 (48.1) <.001

Total percentages may not equal to 100 due to rounding.