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Table 1 Characteristics of the women

From: Examination of risk factors for high Edinburgh postnatal depression scale scores: a retrospective study at a single university hospital in Japan

  

Average / N

SD / %

Maternal

Age at birth (years)

33.1

± 5.1

 

Young pregnant women (≤ 19 years)

22

1.4

 

Advanced maternal age (≥ 40 years)

137

8.4

 

Primipara (no.)

849

52.2

 

Multiple pregnancy (no.)

25

1.5

 

Pregnancy complication (no.)

914

56.3

 

Underlying maternal disease (no.)

744

45.8

 

Mental disorder (no.)

85

5.2

 

Maternal transport (no.)

296

18.2

Birth

Gestational age at birth (weeks)

38.0

± 1.9

 

Preterm birth (no.)

318

19.6

 

Cesarean section (no.)

849

52.3

 

Urgent cesarean section (no.)

395

24.3

Neonate

Birth weight (g)

2,826

± 510

 

Z-score of birth weight

0.41

± 1.2

 

Low birth weight (< 2500 g) (no.)

391

24.1

 

Light for date (no.)

117

7.2

 

Hospitalization at NICU (no.)

901

55.5

 

Neonatal transport (no.)

12

0.7

Lactation

Exclusive breastfeeding (no.)

660

40.6

 

Bottle-feeding (no.)

149

9.2

Social

No partner (no.)

31

1.9

 

Welfare (no.)

4

0.2

 

Late visit (no.)

17

1.0

  1. SD: standard deviation; no.: number; Maternal transport: woman was transferred to our hospital from another hospital due to complications; Light for date: birth weight was below the 10th percentile; NICU: neonatal intensive care unit; Neonatal transport: newborn was transported from our hospital to another hospital due to complications; Late visit: first visit was after 22 weeks