Low birth weight in offspring of women with depressive and anxiety symptoms during pregnancy: results from a population based study in Bangladesh

Table 2 Birth outcome by maternal antepartum depressive and anxiety symptoms (N = 583)

Outcome	Depressed N = 107	Non-depressed N = 476	p	Anxious N = 149	Non-anxious N = 434	p
LBW (≤2.5 kg) (%)	33 (30.8)	75 (15.8)	0.000	43 (28.9)	65 (15.0)	0.000
Infant birth weight (kg, mean ± SD)	2.8 ± 0.5	2.9 ± 0.4	0.145	2.8 ± 0.5	2.9 ± 0.4	0.090
Gestational age at delivery (weeks, mean ± SD)	40.1 ± 1.5	40.0 ± 1.3	0.521	40.1 ± 1.4	40.0 ± 1.3	0.462
Head circumference (mm, mean ± SD)	33.7 ± 1.5	34.1 ± 1.4	0.029	33.8 ± 1.5	34.1 ± 1.4	0.020

Table values are mean and ± SD for continuous variables and n (%) for categorical variables.

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