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Table 1 Comparisons of basic characteristics of included participants and total participants

From: The effect of perceived social support during early pregnancy on depressive symptoms at 6 weeks postpartum: a prospective study

 

Included (n = 2546)

Total (n = 3299)

P *

Mean ± SD

 Age (years)

28.8 ± 3.8

29.0 ± 3.7

0.04

 BMI (kg/m2) a

21.4 ± 3.0

21.5 ± 3.6

0.53

N (%)

Ethnicity

  

0.57

 Han

2515 (99.0)

3243 (98.8)

 

 Others

26 (1.0)

40 (1.2)

 

Economic status

  

0.94

 Difficult/careful/loan

306 (12.3)

373 (12.2)

 

 Fair

1747 (70.0)

2125 (69.6)

 

 Good

444 (17.8)

554 (18.2)

 

Education (years)

  

0.66

  ≤ 12

258 (10.2)

314 (9.6)

 

 12–15

1970 (77.5)

2546 (77.6)

 

  > 15

313 (12.3)

422 (12.9)

 

Parity b

  

0.40

 Nulliparous

2138 (84.0)

2760 (83.7)

 

 Parous

408 (16.0)

539 (16.3)

 

Health status

  

0.83

 Fair/poor/very poor

578 (22.8)

729 (23.4)

 

 Good

1530 (60.3)

1869 (60.0)

 

 Very good

429 (16.9)

515 (16.5)

 

Sleep quality

  

0.68

 Fair/poor/very poor

1292 (50.8)

1602 (51.4)

 

 Good/very good

1250 (49.2)

1514 (48.6)

 

Smoking

  

1

 No

2530 (99.7)

3255 (99.7)

 

 Yes

8 (0.3)

10 (0.3)

 

Alcohol use

  

1

 No

523 (90.8)

2311 (90.9)

 

 Yes

53 (9.2)

231 (9.1)

 
  1. * t-test for continuous variables, chi-square test for categorical variables
  2. a BMI: body mass index calculated by height and weight
  3. b: except parity variable are complete, missing data of others does not count in cells