Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 352,608 mothers (development dataset) and 108,849 women (validation dataset).

From: Postpartum depression: a developed and validated model predicting individual risk in new mothers

 

Development dataset (1997–2012)

Validation dataset (2013–2015)

 

Overall

PPD

Overall

PPD

N (%)

352,608 (100)

6402 (1.8)

108,849 (100)

2379 (2.2)

CORE MODEL

Mothers’ age at birth, median (IQR)

28 (25, 31)

28 (25, 32)

28 (25, 31)

29 (26, 33)

Cohabitation (%)

395,051 (83.7)

5064 (79.1)

89,089 (81.8)

1886 (77.3)

Education (%)

Mandatory

68,451 (19.4)

1723 (26.9)

16,460 (15.1)

532 (22.4)

Short

165,907 (47.1)

2855 (44.6)

41,383 (38.0)

912 (38.3)

Medium

16,340 (4.6)

221 (3.5)

5342 (4.9)

106 (4.5)

High

101,910 (28.9)

1603 (25.0)

45,664 (42.0)

829 (34.8)

Previous psychiatric history (%)

None

282,076 (80.0)

1648 (25.7)

73,467 (67.5)

315 (13.2)

0-3 years before birth

19,848 (5.6)

1585 (24.8)

6519 (6.0)

576 (24.2)

3-10 years before birth

41,075 (11.6)

2788 (43.5)

20,446 (18.8)

1130 (47.5)

10+ years before birth

9609 (2.7)

381 (6.0)

8417 (7.7)

358 (15.0)

ADDED PREDICTOR VARIABLES IN THE EXTENDED MODEL

Postpartum hemorrhage (%)

21,429 (6.1)

527 (8.2)

2,485 (2.3)

59 (2.5)

Gestational diabetes (%)

6531 (1.9)

219 (3.4)

3870 (3.6)

141 (5.9)

Gestational hypertension (%)

6835 (2.0)

171 (2.7)

3153 (2.9)

84 (3.5)

Preeclampsia (%)

15,055 (4.3)

363 (5.7)

5083 (4.7)

149 (6.3)

Eclampsia (%)

241 (0.1)

9 (0.1)

89 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

Previous stillbirths (%)

1881 (0.5)

37 (0.6)

474 (0.4)

14 (0.6)

Previous abortion (%)

82,709 (23.5)

1792 (28.0)

23,764 (21.8)

625 (26.3)

Acute C-section (%)

52,896 (15.0)

1262 (19.7)

16,934 (15.6)

457 (19.2)

Preterm birth (%)

22,226 (6.3)

609 (9.5)

5265 (4.8)

204 (8.6)

Hyperemesis gravidarum (%)

4899 (1.4)

200 (3.1)

2562 (2.4)

131 (5.5)

ADDED PREDICTOR VARIABLES IN THE EXTENDED+ MODEL

Parents’ previous psychiatric history (%)

219,854 (62.4)

4967 (77.6)

82,260 (75.6)

2071 (87.1)

Charlson comorbidity index, within 10 years before birth (%)

0

337,084 (95.6)

5944 (92.8)

102,589 (94.2)

2206 (92.7)

1

12,092 (3.4)

370 (5.8)

4779 (4.4)

130 (5.5)

2+

3432 (1.0)

88 (1.4)

1481 (1.4)

43 (1.8)

  1. PPD is defined within 6 months after birth.