Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of antidepressant users and non-users
| Antidepressant use during pregnancy | ||
|---|---|---|
| User (n = 195) | Non-user (n = 26,730) | |
| Maternal age at birtha) | ||
| mean (SD), y | 32.1 (4.57)* | 31.4 (4.39) |
| < 20, n, (%) | 0 (0.0) | 17 (0.1) |
| 20–29, n, (%) | 59 (30.3) | 9001 (33.7) |
| 30–39, n, (%) | 124 (63.6) | 16,838 (63.0) |
| ≧40, n, (%) | 12 (6.2) | 874 (3.3) |
| Diagnosed as depressed during pregnancyb), n, (%) | 159 (81.5)** | 120 (0.4) |
| Child gender ratio (% male) | 49.7 | 51.3 |
Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation
a)t-test; *, P < 0.05
b)χ2 test; **, P < 0.01