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Table 6 Multivariable GEE model 1 and adjusted odds ratio for child fine 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 stunted

  

No

1.0

-

Yes

1.8

(1.03, 3.0)

Child had difficulty in breast feeding

  

No

1.0

-

Yes

1.8

(1.01, 3.4)

Mother’s education

  

Matric or above

1.0

-

Below matric2

1.4

(0.8, 2.4)

Mother’s age 3

1.2

(0.9, 1.6)

Total number of children alive 4

  

≥ 3

1.0

-

<3

1.7

(0.95, 3.0)

Any complication during delivery

  

No

1.0

-

Yes

0.6

(0.3, 1.04)

Physical abuse of mother by a person in the house

  

No

1.0

-

Yes

2.4

(0.9, 6.7)

Husband’s income

  

≥ 3500 Rupees/month

1.0

-

< 3500 Rupees/month

2.2

(1.4, 3.5)

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

  

2nd Month of follow-up 5

  

Mother depressed

  

No

1.0

-

Yes

0.4

(0.1, 1.6)

6th Month of follow-up 5

  

Mother depressed

  

No

1.0

-

Yes

0.7

(0.2, 2.2)

12th Month of follow-up 5

  

Mother depressed

  

No

1.0

-

Yes

1.6

(0.6, 4.2)

18th Month of follow-up 6

  

Mother depressed

  

No

1.0

-

Yes

4.0

(1.4, 11.3)

  1. 1Adjusting for husband’s education, physical abuse of children by a person in the house and month-follow-up (modeled as linear polynomial).
  2. Exchangeable correlation structure, QIC =623.48 QICu= 626.56.
  3. 2Below Matric refers to any level of education below Matric, Read & Write Only or Illiterate.
  4. 3The reported odds ratio and CI is for every 5 years increase in age.
  5. 4Total number of children alive at the index pregnancy.
  6. 52nd month of follow-up is 25th percentile, 6th month the median and 12th month the 75th percentile of follow-up month values.
  7. 6Impact of Maternal A & D was assessed at 18 months as the effect was not significant at 2 and 6 months, and only an evidence of an impact was seen at 12 months. The later indicate that a significant effect of maternal A & D will manifest itself as the follow-up time increases.