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Published in final edited form as: Arch Womens Ment Health. 2014 Jul 1;18(1):113–121. doi: 10.1007/s00737-014-0432-9

Table 3.

Clinical characteristics of women with and without PPD

	No postpartum depression (total N=23)	Postpartum depression (total N=15)	p value (Fisher’s exact test)
Remitting course	65.2 % (23)	66.7 % (15)	1.00
Chronic course	13.0 % (23)	33.3 % (15)	0.22
Frequent/brief course	13.0 % (23)	0.0 % (15)	0.54
Personal Hx PPD	42.1 % (19)	42.9 % (15)	1.00
Family Hx PPD	11.8 % (17)	53.3 % (15)	0.02^*
Family Hx MDD	68.2 % (22)	93.3 % (15)	0.11
Family Hx BP	36.4 % (22)	26.7 % (15)	0.72
Hospitalization	39.1 % (23)	33.3 % (15)	1.00
On meds T3	73.9 % (23)	80.0 % (15)	1.00
Childhood abuse	40.9 % (22)	26.7 % (15)	0.49
Adult abuse	9.1 % (22)	0.0 % (15)	0.50
PMS	60.9 % (23)	67.7 % (15)	1.00
Significant PMS	4.8 % (21)	26.7 % (15)	0.14
Lifetime substance abuse	8.7 % (23)	60.0 % (15)	0.001^*
Lifetime any anxiety disorder	75.0 % (20)	53.3 % (15)	0.28

Statistically Significant