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Table 5 Symptoms of depression† during pregnancy and postpartum in relation to socio-demographic factors and pregnancy- and obstetric complications

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

  

Gestational week 15

Gestational week 35

11 weeks postpartum

    

95% CI* for OR**

  

95% CI* for OR**

  

95% CI* for OR**

  

p***

OR

Lower

Upper

p***

OR

Lower

Upper

p***

OR

Lower

Upper

Group

Women in the intervention group

Reference level

Reference level

Reference level

 

Women in the control group

.896

1.055

.469

2.376

.363

.673

.287

1.578

.650

1.235

.497

3.071

Parity

Primipara

Reference level

Reference level

Reference level

 

Multipara

.022

2.825

1.160

6.880

.344

1.522

.638

3.634

.341

1.601

.607

4.225

Smoking

No

Reference level

Reference level

Reference level

 

Yes

.077

2.722

.897

8.259

.070

3.038

.913

10.106

.111

2.882

.785

10.581

Occupation

Unemployed

Reference level

Reference level

Reference level

 

Unskilled

.893

.909

.229

3.615

.174

.320

.062

1.650

.934

1.078

.184

6.328

 

Students/others

.793

1.178

.347

4.000

.393

.535

.127

2.248

.503

1.707

.357

8.172

 

Skilled/lower white collar workers

.053

.237

.055

1.019

.007

.093

.017

.518

.840

.839

.154

4.567

 

Middle/high white collar workers

.102

.208

.032

1.362

.031

.121

.018

.821

.856

.836

.120

5.805

Employment

Gainfully employed

Reference level

Reference level

Reference level

 

Not gainfully employed

.282

1.781

.622

5.105

.460

.622

.176

2.193

.198

2.110

.677

6.582

Pregnancy complication

No

Reference level

Reference level

Reference level

 

Yes

.018

2.682

1.188

6.056

.003

3.825

1.576

9.285

.451

1.416

.574

3.494

Delivery complication

No

Reference level

Reference level

Reference level

 

Yes

.696

.850

.377

1.919

.994

.997

.428

2.320

.745

.856

.334

2.193

  1. †Defined as score ≥10 in measurements with Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
  2. * CI = Confidence Interval ** OR = Odds Ratio
  3. ***Statistical significance defined as p ≤ 0.05