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Table 1 Association between demographic and socioeconomic risk factors and PND, Porto Alegre, 2006.

From: Postnatal depression in Southern Brazil: prevalence and its demographic and socioeconomic determinants

  

Edinburgh ≥ 13

Crude Prevalence Ratio (95% CI)

Adjusted Prevalence Ratio (95% CI)

 

n

% or mean ± SD

  

Age (years)

    

14 – 19

43

23.3

1.30 (0.68 – 2.49)

 

20 – 29

134

17.9

1.00

 

30 – 39

17

22.7

1.27 (0.73 – 2.20)

 

40 – 47

19

26.3

1.47 (0.64 – 3.39)

 

P value

  

0.7

 

Per capita income (MW)*++

    

1.17 – 17.0

85

7.1

1.00

1.00

0.51 – 1.16

84

20.2

2.87 (1.19 – 6.92)

3.07 (1.09–8.69)

≤ 0.5

87

29.9

4.25 (1.84 – 9.77)

4.40 (1.48–13.0)

P value

  

< 0.01

0.03

Primary Income Earner's schooling**++

254

7.90 (± 6.02)+

0.96 (0.92 – 0.99) 0.04

1.01 (0.97–1.06) 0.7

P value

    

Caucasian**

    

Yes

175

16.6

1.00

1.00

No

96

28.1

1.70 (1.07 – 2.69)

0.80 (0.49–1.32)

P value

  

0.04

0.4

Employment/work**

    

Yes

105

15.2

1.00

1.00

No

166

24.1

1.58 (0.93 – 2.68)

1.05 (0.61–1.79)

P value

  

0.1

0.9

Participant's schooling**

271

6.48 (± 3.55)+

0.90 (0.86 – 0.96)

0.98 (0.90–1.06)

P value

  

< 0.01

0.6

Spouse/partner**

    

Yes

224

17.4

1.00

1

No

47

36.2

2.08 (1.29 – 3.34)

1.61 (0.97–2.66)

P value

  

< 0.01

0.06

Religion/Faith**

    

Yes

132

18.9

1.00

1.00

No

139

22.3

0.85 (0.53 – 1.36)

0.78 (0.39–1.05)

P value

  

0.6

0.3

  1. *Mw: (US$ 204, July 2007)
  2. + Mean and standard deviation
  3. ** Prevalence ratio adjusted for per capita income
  4. + Mean adjusted for per capita income
  5. ++ Losses due to refusal to respond or storage failures.