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. 2020 Feb 12;20:62. doi: 10.1186/s12888-020-2454-3

Table 1.

Characteristics of the ERP+ and ERP- Groups

Continuous Variables
ERP+ Group ERP- Group
Mean SD Mean SD DF T or F Statistic
Maternal Age 31.48 5.23 30.82 5.13 477 0.10
Child Age in Days 1264.85 30.01 1256.70 27.93 477 2.24*
Household Income Category 4.0 1.07 3.63 1.10 446 2.53*
Maternal Education Category 3.19 0.89 3.01 0.92 470 1.48
Maternal Antenatal Anxiety 31.79 9.13 35.47 10.01 457 2.81**
Maternal Antenatal Depression 6.80 3.74 7.91 4.39 465 1.98*
Maternal Postnatal Anxiety 6.30 5.39 6.58 4.68 348 −0.77
Maternal Postnatal Depression 33.34 9.89 34.41 9.81 344 −0.42
% Correct Pre-Switch 79.31 27.81 76.30 20.52 102 0.56
% Correct Post-Switch 79.25 28.69 73.51 18.34 102 1.05
Correct Reaction Time Pre Switch 1786.49 722.35 2109.21 942.29 102 1.92
Correct Reaction Time Post Switch 1957.15 510.15 2068.13 628.06 102 0.96,
Categorical Variables
ERP+ Group ERP-Group
Females (%) Males (%) Females (%) Males (%) DF χ2
Gender 29(41%) 42(59%) 191 (47%) 217(53%) 1 .87
ERP+ Group ERP-Group DF χ2
Ethnicity Chinese (%) Malay (%) Indian (%) Chinese (%) Malay (%) Indian (%)
40(56%) 19(29%) 11(15%) 226(57%) 115(27%) 60(16%) 2 .08

Ethnicity data was not available for 1 ERP+ and 7 ERP- dyads. Ethnicity descriptives and statistics do not include these missing cases

**p < .01, *p < .05, p < .10