Skip to main content

Table 3 Multivariable GEE model 1 and adjusted odds ratio for child cognitive (perception & learning) 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

Mother’s age

  

≥ 30

1.0

-

<30

1.8

(1.1, 3.0)

Total number of children alive 2

  

<1

1.0

-

≥ 1

1.7

(1.0, 2.7)

Child sunted

  

No

1.0

-

Yes

1.5

(0.9, 2.3)

Interaction between mother’s depression & month of follow-up

  

2nd Month of follow-up 3

  

Mother depressed

  

No

1.0

-

Yes

1.1

(0.2, 6.2)

6th Month of follow-up 3

  

Mother depressed

  

No

1.0

-

Yes

3.3

(1.1, 9.9)

12th Month of follow-up 3

  

Mother depressed

  

No

1.0

-

Yes

6.8

(3.0, 15.7)

  1. 1Adjusting for mother’s & husband’s education respectively and month-follow-up (modeled as cubic polynomial).
  2. Exchangeable correlation structure, QIC =726.82 QICu= 725.82.
  3. 2Total number of children alive at the index pregnancy.
  4. 32nd month of follow-up is 25th percentile, 6th month the median and 12th month the 75th percentile of follow-up month values.