Research Article
The Relationship between Gestational Weight Gain and Postpartum Depression in Normal and Overweight Pregnant Women
Table 2
Odds ratios for type of weight gain and BMI by depression.
| | Variable | | Non depressed
n (%) | Depressed
n (%) | OR | CI | p-value |
| | Type of weight gain (kg) | Inadequate | 42 (24%) | 13 (7.4%) | 0.55 | 0.24-1.60 | 0.326 | | Adequate | 59 (33.9%) | 33 (19%) | 1.05 | 0.21-1.57 | 0.281 | | Excessive | 17 (9.7%) | 10 (5.7%) | Ref. | | |
| Type of BMI
(kg/m2) | Normal | 59 (33.9%) | 29 (16.6%) | 0.82 | 0.56-2.03 | 0.826 | | Over weight | 59 (33.9%) | 27 (15.5%) | Ref. | | |
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