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Table 4 Characteristics of the 12 studies included within the meta-analysis for depression

ID	Ref.	Study type	Country	Sample size	Outcome assessment
1	Brandon et al[39]	Descriptive study	United States	60	EPDS
2	Bouras et al[34]	Cross-sectional study	Greece	200	BDI
3	Cheng et al[13]	Cohort study	United States	5350	CES-D
4	Drewett et al[50]	Cross-sectional study	United Kingdom	10838	EPDS
5	Gambina et al[33]	Case-control study	Italy	84	EPDS
6	Gray et al[28,29]	Cross-sectional study	Australia	217	EPDS
7	Gueron-Sela et al[30]	Cross-sectional study	Israel	103 (Bedouin); 230 (Jewish)	CES-D
8	Gungor et al[35]	Case-control study	Turkey	299	BDI
9	Ionio et al[52]	Longitudinal study	Italy	50	Profile of mood states
10	Madu and Roos[31]	Cross-sectional study	South Africa	100	EPDS
11	Mautner et al[55]	Prospective, longitudinal study	Australia	61	EPDS
12	Pace et al[32]	Longitudinal, prospective cohort study	Australia	230	CES-D

EPDS: Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; BDI: Beck’s Depression Inventory; CES-D: Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression.