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Figure 2: Characteristics of the groups based on the DPQ total score.
Characteristics and differences:
The population in the group of women with positive scores on the DPQ is on average
younger than women with negative scores on the DPQ. On average, the women with a
positive score on the DPQ are 31.2 years old while the average age of the group of women
with negative scores on the DPQ is 34.5 years. The averages of BMI, number of children
and the time after childbirth in which the research is done, did hardly differ (see also table 5)
Table 5: Differences between the two groups of the DPQ total score.
Differences between the
DPQ groups based on:
Positive Dallas Negative Dallas
average age 31.2 34.5
average number of children 1.5 1.6
average BMI 26.6 25.2
average number of weeks
after delivery
6.3 5.7
average DPQ score 58.1 0
Characteristics positive group:
Within the group of women with a positive score on the DPQ it is remarkable that 25%
has a postive ASLR test.
On one or more of the following tests there is positive score on instability by 69% of the
women in this group.
25% of women have a positive score on the ASLR test and on one or more of the other
instability tests.
80%
Score based on DPQ total
20%
Positive
Negative
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