Table II.
Maternal and child characteristics.
| Characteristics | SRI N=15 |
major depression disorder N=10 |
control N=15 |
Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mother | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | P value |
| Marital status (% married) | 7 (46.7) | 7 (70.0) | 10 (66.7) | .405 |
| High school graduate | 13 (100.0) | 9 (90.0) | 14 (93.3) | .540 |
| Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | ||
| Maternal age at delivery (years) | 30.1 (1.2) | 26.60 (1.4) | 27.7 (1.3) | .148 |
| Depression over pregnancy b | 21.7 (3.0) | 24.4 (3.0) | .550 | |
| Depression severity at study visit | 16.3 (3.6) c | 11.2 (3.2) c | 6.2 (1.2) | .035 |
| Index of social position at study visit | 39.9 (3.9) | 32.8 (3.3) | 44.2 (4.1) | .169 |
| SRI use in pregnancy (day) | 133.9a | |||
| Child | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | P value |
| Sex (% females) | 8 (53.3) | 6 (60.0) | 7 (46.7) | .805 |
| Infant race (% nonwhite) | 6 (40.0) | 6 (60.0) | 3 (21.4) | .158 |
| Infant ethnicity (% Hispanic) | 4 (26.7) | 5 (50.0) | 3 (20.0) | .259 |
| Preterm delivery | 2 (13.3) | 1 (10.0) | 0 | .360 |
| Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | ||
| Gestational age at birth | 39.3 (0.4) | 38.9 (0.5) | 40.0 (0.3) | .134 |
| Mean age (months) at study visit | 57.1 (0.8) | 59.0 (1.0) | 55.9 (0.7) | .050 |
a
Number of days of SRI use in pregnancy: minimum=14; maximum=273.
b
SRI and major depression disorder were compared for depression over pregnancy. No differences found.
c
SRI and major depression disorder were compared for depression severity at the study visit. No differences found (P=.324)
SE = standard error