Skip to main content

Table 3 Characteristics of women fulfilling PMDD criteria in depressive disorder and control groups

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

Variable

Fulfillment of PMDD criteria in depressive disorder group

Fulfillment of PMDD criteria in control group

P

Fulfillment of PMDD criteria

28 (43.1%)

18 (5.9%)

0.000

Average age (SD)

34.9 (7.2)

30.7 (7.7)

n.s.

Employed

   

   Yes

14

7

n.s.

   No

14

11

 

Married

   

   Yes

7

7

n.s.

   No

21

11

 

Have children

   

   Yes

7

8

n.s.

   No

21

10

 

Smoke cigarettes

   

   Yes

9

1

n.s.

   No

19

17

 

Regular menstrual cycle

   

   Yes

26

13

0.020

   No

1

5

 

Abdominal pain/lumbago in menstruation

   

   Yes

25

15

n.s.

   No

3

3

 

Know the term PMS

   

   Yes

25

11

0.024

   No

3

7

 

Taking action to attenuate symptoms

   

   Yes

22

9

0.044

   No

6

9

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