Sex hormone levels in females of different ages suffering from depression

BMC Women's Health

Table 1 Clinical data of the cases

Variables		Cases		χ ²	P
Variables		First-Episode	Recurrence	χ ²	P
Age				0.905	0.636
	< 45	48	37
	45–55	23	19
	> 55	20	22
Smoking and drinking habit
	Yes	0	3	-	0.096
	No	91	75
Marital status				12.880	0.001*
	Married	81	72
	Unmarried	9	0
	Divorce	0	2
	Remarriage	1	3
	Widowed	0	1
Occupation				26.422	0.000*
	Worker	20	32
	Farmer	10	3
	Cadre	6	10
	Retirement	15	6
	Student	15	11
	Staff	11	16
	None	7	0
	Other	7	0
Complication				8.797	0.015*
	Hypertension	1	0
	Diabetes	1	2
	Cardiopathy	0	1
	None	89	68
	Other	0	4
	Multi-symptom
BMI(kg/m²)		23.48 ± 2.68	24.24 ± 3.54	− 1.595	0.113
Antidepressant use				66.97	0.000*
	Yes	22	68
	No	69	10

The statistical software did not give a corresponding value (-); Fisher’s exact probability was performed (*). BMI: body mass index

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