Table 1.
Comparison in demographic characteristics and comorbidities between depressed women and non-depressed women.
| Depressed (N = 5,064) | Non-depressed (N = 20,024) | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| Age, years* | 0.22 | ||||
| <25 | 578 | (11.4) | 2311 | (11.5) | |
| 25 to 34 | 3698 | (73.0) | 14792 | (73.9) | |
| > = 35 | 788 | (15.6) | 2921 | (14.6) | |
| Mean (SD) | 30.5 | (4.7) | 30.3 | (4.58) | 0.02 |
| Monthly Income, NTD | 0.07 | ||||
| <15,840 | 4452 | (87.9) | 17641 | (88.1) | |
| 15,841 to 25,000 | 445 | (8.8) | 1620 | (8.1) | |
| >25,000 | 167 | (3.3) | 763 | (3.8) | |
| Geographic region | 0.0005 | ||||
| North | 2069 | (40.9) | 8726 | (43.6) | |
| Central | 1216 | (24.0) | 4336 | (21.7) | |
| South | 1326 | (26.2) | 5145 | (25.7) | |
| East | 453 | (9.0) | 1817 | (9.1) | |
| Multiple pregnancy | 0.07 | ||||
| Yes | 65 | (1.3) | 199 | (0.99) | |
| No | 4999 | (98.7) | 19825 | (99.0) | |
| Previous parity | 0.99 | ||||
| 0 | 4372 | (86.3) | 17268 | (86.2) | |
| 1 | 600 | (11.9) | 2389 | (11.9) | |
| 2 | 84 | (1.7) | 336 | (1.7) | |
| ≥3 | 8 | (0.2) | 31 | (0.2) | |
| Comorbidity | |||||
| Diabetes | 13 | (0.26) | 41 | (0.20) | 0.48 |
| Chronis hypertension | 108 | (2.1) | 279 | (1.4) | 0.0001 |
| Hyperthyroidism | 197 | (3.9) | 409 | (2.0) | <0.0001 |
| Anemia | 603 | (11.9) | 1643 | (8.2) | <0.0001 |
| Prenatal care visits | |||||
| ≤7 | 676 | (13.4) | 2661 | (13.3) | 0.08 |
| 8 to 9 | 1472 | (29.1) | 5514 | (27.5) | |
| ≥10 | 2916 | (57.6) | 11849 | (59.2) | |
| Antidepressant medication | |||||
| None | 4015 | (79.3) | |||
| <6 months | 1034 | (20.4) | |||
| 6 months or longer | 15 | (0.3) | |||
SD, standard deviation; NTD, new Taiwan dollar, one USD is 30.0–34.0 NTD, recently 30.3 NTD.