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Table 2 Multivariable GEE model 1 and adjusted odds ratio for child emotional development (N=385)

From: Impact of postpartum anxiety and depression on child’s mental development from two peri-urban communities of Karachi, Pakistan: a quasi-experimental study

Variables

Adjusted odds ratio

95%confidence interval (CI)

Mother’s depression

  

No

1.0

-

Yes

5.9

(3.0, 11.9)

Child stunted

  

No

1.0

-

Yes

2.3

(1.1, 4.8)

Mother’s age 2

1.5

(1.1, 2.2)

Mother’s education

  

Literate

1.0

-

Illiterate

1.6

(0.8, 3.1)

Husband’s education

  

Literate

1.0

-

Illiterate

0.4

(0.2,1.0)

Husband’s income

  

≥ 3500 Rupees/month

1.0

-

< 3500 Rupees/month

1.8

(0.9, 3.8)

Total number of children alive

  

≥ 3

1.0

-

<3

1.8

(0.9, 3.8)

Physical abuse of mother by a person in the house

  

No

1.0

-

Yes

2.5

(0.7, 9.0)

Any complication during delivery

  

No

1.0

-

Yes

0.5

(0.2, 1.1)

  1. 1Adjusting for verbal abuse of children by a person in the house, and month-follow-up (modeled as cubic polynomial).
  2. AR(1) correlation structure, QIC =418.08 QICu= 418.92
  3. 2The reported odds ratio and CI is for every 5 years increase in age.