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Table 2 Characteristics of patients with depressive disorders and control subjects

From: Fulfillment of the premenstrual dysphoric disorder criteria confirmed using a self-rating questionnaire among Japanese women with depressive disorders

Variable

Depressive disorder group

Control group

P

Number

65

303

 

Average age (SD)

34.8 (7.5)

31.9 (7.9)

0.007

Employed

   

   Yes

33

136

n.s.

   No

32

166

 

Married

   

   Yes

17

147

0.001

   No

47

156

 

Have children

   

   Yes

16

117

0.033

   No

49

186

 

Smoke cigarettes

   

   Yes

18

33

0.000

   No

47

267

 

Regular menstrual cycle

   

   Yes

55

251

n.s.

   No

9

52

 

Abdominal pain/lumbago in menstruation

   

   Yes

59

263

n.s.

   No

6

38

 

Know the term PMS

   

   Yes

56

213

0.009

   No

9

90

 
  1. SD: standard deviation
  2. n.s.: not significant
  3. PMS: premenstrual syndrome
  4. Student t-test was used for the average age.
  5. χ2 test was used for other variables.
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BioPsychoSocial Medicine

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