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Table 4 Comparison between the “depression” group and the “non-depression” group in the third trimester of pregnancy

From: The prevalence and correlates of peripartum depression in different stages of pregnancy during COVID-19 pandemic in China

Characteristics

Non-depressive symptomsc (n = 960)

Depressive symptomsc (n = 82)

P

Resident city

  

0.003

 Beijing

391(40.7%)

18(22.0%)

 

 Lanzhou

133(13.9%)

13(15.9%)

 

 Wuhan

436(45.4%)

51(62.1%)

 

Age (year)d

30.0(28.0-32.0)

31.0(28.0-33.0)

0.208

Height (cm)d

162.0(158.5-165.0)

162.0(158.0-165.0)

0.738

Weight (kg) d

69.5(63.0-75.0)

69.9(63.9-77.7)

0.414

Marital status (divorced/unmarried)

3(0.3%)

2(2.4%)

0.052a

Education level

  

0.539a

 Junior high school or below

29(3.0%)

3(3.7%)

 

 Senior high school/technical secondary school

129(13.5%)

12(14.6%)

 

 Junior college

280(29.2%)

30(36.6%)

 

 Bachelor

419(43.6%)

31(37.8%)

 

Postgraduate

103(10.7%)

6(7.3%)

 

Family income (yearly, Yuan)

  

0.178

 80 thousand or below

262(27.3%)

20(24.4%)

 

 80 thousand to 0.3 million

583(60.7%)

57(69.5%)

 

 More than 0.3 million

115(12.0%)

5(6.1%)

 

Economic losses caused by COVID-19 (Thousand Yuan) d

2.0(0.5-5.0)[31]

4.0(2.0-6.5)[4]

0.003

Primipara

658(68.5%)

59(72.0%)

0.522

History of physical diseases

229(23.9%)

23(28.0%)

0.395

History of mental illness

6(0.6%)

1(1.2%)

0.438a

Taking medication

86(9.0%)

12(14.6%)

0.091

Daily smoking

3(0.3%)

0(0.0%)

1.000a

Daily alcohol use

14(1.5%)

2(2.4%)

0.822b

Vomiting during pregnancy

  

0.069a

 None

275(28.6%)

18(22.0%)

 

 Mild (self-remission)

620(64.6%)

53(64.6%)

 

 Severe (ask for treatment)

65(6.8%)

11(13.4%)

 

Significant uterine contractions caused by anxiety

375(39.1%)

46(56.1%)

0.003

The influence of current pregnancy status on movement

  

< 0.001

 No

333(34.7%)

15(18.3%)

 

 Mild

591(61.6%)

54(65.9%)

 

 Severe

36(3.8%)

13(15.9%)

 

Have worries and fears about childbirth

354(36.9%)

53(64.6%)

< 0.001

Requiring other people to help with daily tasks most of the time

772(80.4%)

60(73.2%)

0.116

Living with parents-in-law

333(34.7%)

27(32.9%)

0.748

Living with parents

221(23.0%)

15(18.3%)

0.326

COVID-19 infection status of pregnant women and their relatives and friends

5(0.5%)

1(1.2%)

0.389a

  1. Numbers in brackets refer to number of missing values
  2. COVID-19 2019 coronavirus disease
  3. aFisher exact test
  4. bContinuous correction of chi-square test
  5. cThe value are given as the number of participant or median with the percentage or interquartile range in parentheses, respectively
  6. dBecause these data were not normally distributed, the rank sum test was used for the comparison between groups