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Table 6 Depressive symptoms in relation to weight gain at gestational week 15 and 35 and 11 weeks post partum.

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

 
 

Depressive symptoms

n

%

n

%

p*

n

%

n

%

p*

Gestational week 15

     

.378

    

.688

 

Absent**

45

88.2

26

81.2

 

71

79.8

100

82.0

 
 

Present***

6

11.8

6

18.8

 

18

20.2

22

18.0

 

Gestational week 35

     

.153

    

.596

 

Absent**

33

75.0

24

88.9

 

73

83.0

88

80.0

 
 

Present***

11

25.0

3

11.1

 

15

17.0

22

20.0

 

Postpartum

     

.366

    

.387

 

Absent**

45

93.8

21

87.5

 

76

89.4

93

93.0

 
 

Present***

3

6.2

3

12.5

 

9

10.6

7

7.0

 
  1. * X2 test
  2. ** Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) score <10
  3. *** Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) score ≥10