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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychobiol. 2020 Mar 13;62(6):816–828. doi: 10.1002/dev.21966

Table 4.

Study 2/Providence Cohort Demographic Characteristics

Total Sample No SRI SRI Effect



N=135 N=93 N=42
M(SD) or f(%) Mean SD Mean SD F Sig.
Maternal Sociodemographic Variables
 Mothers Age at childbirth 28.61 (5.3) 27.92 (5.5) 30.14 (4.5) 4.45 0.037
 Number of children living at home 1.73 (0.8) 1.66 (0.8) 1.88 (0.9) 1.46 0.228
 Married 78 (59%) 3 53 (58.9%) 25 (59.5%) 0.51 0.477
 Mother identifies as minority 48 (36%) 2 41 (45.1%) 7 (16.7%) 9.28 0.002
 Mother identifies as Hispanic 34 (25%) 29 (31.2%) 5 (11.9%) 5.37 0.020
 Maternal education (<High School) 14 (10.4%) 10 (10.8%) 4 (9.5%) 0.05 0.82
 Low SES on Hollingshead 19 (14.1%) 13 (14%) 6 (14.2%) 0.00 0.989
Maternal Mental Health Variables
 Depression Diagnosis in Pregnancy 63 (47%) 36 (38.7%) 27 (64.3%) 7.60 0.006
 Depression severity (BDI,pregnancy) 18.20 (10.0) 3 16.97 (9.6) 20.83 (10.6) 0.50 0.480
 Depression severity (BDI,preschool) 11.05 (10.3) 3 9.52 (9.2) 14.46 (11.6) 1 2.25 0.136
 Anxiety Disorder in Pregnancy 45 (33%) 19 (20%) 26 (61.9%) 14.65 <.001
 Anxiety Severity (HAMA rating 0-3, concurrent) 0.36 (0.8) 3 0.20 (0.6) 0.72 (1.1)1 6.05 0.015
  Maternal Medication and Substance use in pregnancy
 SRI weeks used in pregnancy 8.00 (97.0) 0.00 22.9 (13.8) 258.00 <.0001
 Other Psychotropic Medication Use 18 (13%) 6 (6.5%) 12 (2.9%) 13.74 0.002
 Alcohol (Yes, No) 7 (5%) 5 (5%) 2 (4.8%) .02 0.881
 Smoking (Yes, No) 3 (2%) 2 (2%) 1 (2.4%) .01 0.933
Child Birth Variables
 Gest Age at Birth, weeks 39.2 (1.6) 39.4 (1.4) 38.6 (1.8) 6.47 0.012
 Birthweight in grams 3359.4 (510.7) 3414.1 (508.5) 3238.3 (500.2) 2.81 0.096
 1 min apgar 7.6 (1.7) 2 7.7 (1.6) 7.4 (1.7) 0.82 0.367
 5 min apgar 8.8 (0.7) 2 8.8 (0.6) 8.6 (0.9) 2.84 0.094
 Child Age at Assessment (years) 50.4 (7.2) 50.3 (7.3) 50.6 (7.0) 0.01 0.906
 Sex of the child: male 67 (50%) 45 (48%) 22 (52%) 0.01 0.932
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Missing Data from 1 participant

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Missing Data from 2 participants

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Missing data from 3 participants