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Table 3 Symptoms of anxiety in relation to weight gain at gestational week 15 and 35 and 11 weeks postpartum.

From: Prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms among obese pregnant and postpartum women: an intervention study

  

Weight gain during pregnancy <7 kg

Weight gain during pregnancy >7 kg

  

Intervention group

Control group

 

Intervention group

Control group

 
 

Anxiety symptoms

n

%

n

%

p*

n

%

n

%

p*

Gestational week 15

     

.441

    

.888

 

Absent**

39

76.5

25

80.6

 

69

76.7

96

77.4

 
 

Present***

12

23.5

6

19.4

 

21

23.3

28

22.6

 

Gestational week 35

     

.688

    

.376

 

Absent**

34

75.6

21

77.8

 

68

77.3

87

78.4

 
 

Present***

11

24.4

6

22.2

 

20

22.7

24

21.6

 

Postpartum

     

.309

    

.877

 

Absent**

45

93.8

21

87.5

 

78

91.8

90

90.0

 
 

Present***

3

6.2

3

12.5

 

7

8.2

10

10.0

 
  1. * X2 test
  2. ** Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) score <10
  3. *** Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) score ≥10