Table 1 Demographics

From: Influences of prenatal and postnatal maternal depression on amygdala volume and microstructure in young children

Measure

Overall sample (N=235)

Male sample (N=113)

Female sample (N=122)

Child characteristics

 Gestational age (week), mean (s.d.)

38.75 (1.20)

38.56 (1.31)

38.93 (1.07)

 Birth weight (g), mean (s.d.)

3111.69 (412.38)

3161.86 (431.93)

3065.23 (389.43)

 APGAR score, mean (s.d.)

9.00 (0.07)

9.00 (0.00)

8.99 (0.09)

 Age (year), mean (s.d.)

4.58 (0.08)

4.59 (0.09)

4.58 (0.07)

 Total brain volume (cm3), mean (s.d.)

1212.61 (107.40)

1268.25 (98.11)

1161.04 (88.49)

 Right amygdala volume (mm3), mean (s.d.)

1659.60 (197.98)

1741.61 (196.86)

1584.36 (167.41)

 Left amygdala volume (mm3), mean (s.d.)

1583.81 (193.57)

1653.60 (199.22)

1519.14 (164.27)

 Right amygdala FA, mean (s.d.)

0.15 (0.02)

0.15 (0.02)

0.15 (0.02)

 Left amygdala FA, mean (s.d.)

0.16 (0.02)

0.16 (0.02)

0.16 (0.02)

Mother characteristics

 26-week EPDS raw score, mean (s.d.)

7.79 (4.66)

7.26 (4.30)

8.28 (4.93)

 3-month EPDS raw score, mean (s.d.)

6.50 (5.14)

6.10 (4.85)

6.84 (5.38)

 12-month BDI raw score, mean (s.d.)

6.93 (7.63)

6.18 (6.70)

7.63 (8.39)

 24-month BDI raw score, mean (s.d.)

7.62 (7.47)

7.18 (6.99)

8.06 (7.96)

 36-month BDI raw score, mean (s.d.)

7.48 (7.34)

6.53 (6.12)

8.39 (8.28)

 54-month BDI raw score, mean (s.d.)

6.28 (8.19)

5.40 (6.63)

7.08 (9.38)

 Prenatal maternal depression standardized score, mean (s.d.)

0.07 (1.03)

−0.05 (0.95)

0.18 (1.09)

 Average postnatal maternal depression standardized score, mean (s.d.)

0.04 (0.91)

−0.03 (0.79)

0.10 (1.01)

 Maternal ethnicity, %

Chinese

52.3

49.6

54.9

Malay

30.2

34.5

26.2

Indian

17.4

15.9

18.9

 Maternal education, %

Primary school

5.2

5.4

5.0

Secondary school

29.2

26.8

31.4

Pre-university, diploma or technical course

37.8

37.5

38.0

University undergraduate level

24.9

27.7

22.3

Above university undergraduate level

3.0

2.7

3.3

  1. Abbreviations: APGAR, Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, and Respiration; BDI, Beck’s Depression Inventory; EPDS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; FA, fractional anisotropy.