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Table 2 Infant nutritional status at the age of six and twelve months stratified by antenatal and postnatal maternal CMD

From: The effect of maternal common mental disorders on infant undernutrition in Butajira, Ethiopia: The P-MaMiE study

Scale of outcome

Timing and level of CMD SRQ > = 6 indicating higher level of morbidity

Six month time point

One year time point

Nutritional status as binary outcome

Underweight Number (%)

Stunting Number(%)

Underweight Number(%)

Stunting number(%)

 

Pregnancy

    
 

   Low SRQ score

161(21.0)

205(26.9)

167(20.5)

386(47.8)

 

   High SRQ score

27(27.6)

25(25.0)

28(25.7)

55(50.9)

 

P-value*

0.15

0.72

0.21

0.54

 

Two month postnatal

    
 

   Low SRQ score

182(22.0)

220(26.8)

188(21.4)

421(48.3)

 

   High SRQ score

6(15.8)

10(25.6)

6(14.3)

18(43.9)

 

p-value*

0.43

1.00

0.34

0.63

 

Pregnancy or postnatal

    
 

   Low SRQ at all time point

160(21.3)

201(26.9)

162(20.5)

375(47.7)

 

   High SRQ score at both time points

5(21.7)

6(25.0)

2(8.3)

9(39.1)

 

   High SRQ score at Postnatal only

1(6.7)

4(26.7)

4(22.2)

9(50.0)

 

   High SRQ score at Pregnancy only

22(29.3)

19(25.0)

26(30.6)

46(54.1)

 

p-value*

0.22

0.99

0.07

0.56

Nutritional status as continuous outcome

  

Weight-for-age Z score Mean(SE)

Height-for-age Z-score Mean(SE)

Weight-for-age Z score Mean(SE)

Height-for-age Z-score Mean(SE)

 

Pregnancy

    
 

   Low SRQ score

-1.08(0.05)

-1.07(0.06)

-1.05(0.04)

-2.03(0.05)

 

   High SRQ score

-1.20(0.14)

-1.17(0.14)

-1.16(0.14)

-2.08(0.17)

 

P-value*

0.38

0.55

0.37

0.74

 

Two month postnatal

    
 

   Low SRQ score

-1.10(0.04)

-1.08(0.06)

-1.07(0.04)

-2.03(0.05)

 

   High SRQ score

-0.84(0.18)

-1.15(0.25)

-0.93(0.15)

-2.15(0.24)

 

p-value*

0.21

0.79

0.50

0.63

 

Pregnancy or postnatal

    
 

   Low SRQ at all time point

-1.11(0.05)

-1.10(0.06)

-1.06(0.05)

-2.05(0.05)

 

   High SRQ score at both time points

-1.28(0.16)

-1.17(0.15)

-1.32(0.16)

-2.10(0.19)

 

   High SRQ score at Postnatal only

-0.70(0.20)

-1.11(0.41)

-1.27(0.19)

-2.25(0.27)

 

   High SRQ score at Pregnancy only

-0.93(0.27)

-1.18(0.31)

-0.67(0.20)

-2.07(0.38)

 

p-value*

0.95

0.92

0.12

0.92