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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Fertil Steril. 2018 May;109(5):879–887. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2018.01.029

Table 1.

Demographics of female and male subjects by major depression status and antidepressant use in the female partner.

FEMALE SUBJECTS MALE SUBJECTS
PHQ-9 < 10
No antidepressant
(N=1359)
PHQ-9 < 10
On antidepressant
(N=73)
PHQ-9 ≥ 10
No antidepressant
(N=72)
PHQ-9 ≥ 10
On antidepressant
(N=16)
P value PHQ-9 < 10
(N=1455)
PHQ-9 ≥ 10
(N=34)
P value
Age, average (SD) 30.77 (4.48) 31.03 (4.56) 28.42 (4.59) 30 (3.39) 0.0002 33.05 (5.76) 32.71 (5.45) 0.83
BMI, average (SD) 30.14 (8.75) 32.22 (8.32) 36.7 (9.32) 37.58 (7.59) 0.0001 29.34 (6.48) 31.00 (7.16) 0.19
Months trying to conceive, average (SD) 36.14 (29.94) 45.07 (39.89) 51.26 (43.17) 26.19 (17.86) 0.006 37.30 (30.42) 37.18 (31.96) 0.73
AMH (female), average (SD) 5.07 (5.63) 4.70 (3.6) 6.03 (4.58) 6.30 (5.85) 0.01 5.05 (5.51) 3.83 (3.85) 0.2
PHQ-9 score, average (SD) 2.10 (2.38) 3.33 (2.65) 12.78 (2.62) 13.13 (3.90) 0.0001 1.21 (1.83) 13.41 (4.24) 0.0001
Race, N (%) 0.4 0.6
white 1096 (80.65%) 66 (90.41%) 56 (77.78%) 14 (87.5%) 1156 (79.45%) 28 (82.35%)
black 138 (10.15%) 2 (2.74%) 9 (12.5%) 1 (6.25%) 190 (13.06%) 5 (14.71%)
other 125 (9.2%) 5 (6.85%) 7 (9.72%) 1 (6.25%) 109 (7.49%) 1 (2.94%)
History smoking, N(%) 495 (36.42%) 39 (53.42%) 42 (58.33%) 7 (43.75%) < 0.0001 694 (47.8%) 19 (55.88%) 0.35
Current smoking, N(%) 139 (10.23%) 12 (16.44%) 17 (23.61%) 1 (6.25%) 0.002 260 (17.91%) 9 (26.47%) 0.2
Eduction, N(%) 0.22 0.83
8th grade or less 6 (0.44%) - - - 17 (1.17%) -
some high school 37 (2.72%) 1 (1.37%) 2 (2.78%) 1 (6.25%) 82 (5.65%) 1 (2.94%)
high school graduate 146 (10.74%) 7 (9.59%) 14 (19.44%) 2 (12.5%) 280 (19.3%) 7 (20.59%)
some college 371 (27.3%) 24 (32.88%) 27 (37.5%) 5 (31.25%) 422 (29.08%) 13 (38.24%)
college graduate 510 (37.53%) 31 (42.47%) 23 (31.94%) 6 (37.5%) 444 (30.6%) 9 (26.47%)
graduate degree 289 (21.27%) 10 (13.7%) 6 (8.33%) 2 (12.5%) 206 (14.2%) 4 (11.76%)
Income (household), N(%) < 0.0001 0.43
< $25,000 83 (6.11%) 5 (6.85%) 14 (19.44%) 1 (6.25%) 102 (7.01) 5 (14.71)
$25,000 to $49,999 272 (20.01%) 14 (19.18%) 20 (27.78%) 1 (6.25%) 279 (19.18) 9 (26.47)
$50,000 to $74,999 319 (23.47%) 27 (36.99%) 16 (22.22%) 6 (37.5%) 356 (24.47) 6 (17.65)
$75,000 to $100,000 263 (19.35%) 14 (19.18%) 7 (9.72%) 4 (25%) 282 (19.38) 5 (14.71)
> $100,000 207 (15.23%) 8 (10.96%) 2 (2.78%) 1 (6.25%) 213 (14.64) 4 (11.76)
Previous live birth, N(%) 278 (20.46%) 17 (23.29%) 12 (16.67%) 4 (25%) 0.75 281 (19.31) 11 (32.35) 0.06
Study, N(%) < 0.0001 0.93
AMIGOS 771 (56.73%) 35 (47.95%) 11 (15.28%) 2 (12.5%) 824 (56.63%) 19 (55.88%)
PPCOS II 588 (43.27%) 38 (52.05%) 61 (84.72%) 14 (87.5%) 631 (43.37%) 15 (44.12%)
Partner PHQ-9 ≥ 10, N (%) 26 (2.05%) 1 (1.56%) 4 (7.02%) 0 0.09 70 (4.89) 4 (12.12) 0.06
Sperm concentration (million per mL), average (SD) 72.63 (65.96) 69.76 (61.01) 86.85 (79.60) 73.86 (29.01) 0.36 73.59 (66.37) 73.65 (74.77 0.94
Partner age, average years (SD) 32.96 (5.61) 33.92 (6.11) 32.17 (6.69) 31.93 (3.35) 0.26 30.75 (4.52) 30.44 (4.94) 0.75
Female antidepressant use, N(%) - - - - 75 (5.38%) 1 (3.13%) 0.32