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Table 5 Multivariable GEE model 1 and adjusted odds ratio for child gross motor 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

Child’s gender

  

Female

1.0

-

Male

1.7

(1.05, 2.9)

Child stunted

  

No

1.0

-

Yes

1.7

(0.9, 3.0)

Child had difficulty in breast feeding

  

No

1.0

-

Yes

1.7

(0.8, 3.7)

Mother’s education

  

Matric or above

1.0

-

Below Matric2

1.8

(1.01, 3.2)

Study area

  

Manzoor Colony

1.0

-

Qayoomabad

1.6

(0.8, 2.9)

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

  

2nd Month of follow-up 3

  

Mother depressed

  

No

1.0

-

Yes

1.5

(0.3, 7.0)

6th Month of follow-up 3

  

Mother depressed

  

No

1.0

-

Yes

0.7

(0.1, 3.4)

12th Month of follow-up 3

  

Mother depressed

  

No

1.0

-

Yes

2.8

(1.2, 6.6)

  1. 1Adjusting for mother’s age, total number of children alive, domestic abuse and month-follow-up (modeled as cubic polynomial).
  2. Exchangeable correlation structure, QIC =605.61 QICu= 602.36.
  3. 2Below Matric refers to any level of education below Matric, Read & Write Only or Illiterate.
  4. 32nd month of follow-up is 25th percentile, 6th month the median and 12th month the 75th percentile of follow-up month values.