Anaemia and depression before and after birth: a cohort study based on linked population data

BMC Psychiatry

Table 6 The odds ratios (OR) of hospital admissions for depressive disorders in women with and without anaemia 2001–2010, Australia

Diagnoses of depression	Hospital admissions for anaemia	N	Hospital admissions for depression	Rate (%)	Crude OR	95% CI		Adjusted OR	95% CI
Principal diagnosis	No	73,385	1109	1.51	1			1
	Yes	2569	61	2.37	1.59	1.22	2.06	1.62	1.25	2.11
	Total	75,954	1170	1.54
All diagnosis	No	73,385	2317	3.16	1			1
	Yes	2569	157	6.11	2.00	1.69	2.36	2.01	1.70	2.38
	Total	75,954	2474	3.26

The adjusted OR was adjusted for maternal age, maternal country of birth, maternal diabetes mellitus and hypertension, gestational diabetes, smoking status during pregnancy, remoteness of living area, delivery method, gestational age, baby’s death, place of birth and a socioeconomic indicator (i.e. the Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage Quintile)

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