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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 15.
Published in final edited form as: Pain. 2008 Sep 24;140(1):87–94. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.07.011

Figure 3. Interrelationships among delivery variables (mode of delivery and acute postpartum pain) and the 8 week outcomes (persistent pain and depression scores).

Figure 3

After controlling for propensity to deliver via a Cesarean delivery (not depicted), every point increase in acute pain after delivery was associated with an 8.3% increase in 8-week depressive symptoms and a 12.7% increase in the odds of experiencing pain at 8 weeks. The two 8-week outcomes were highly correlated (p < 0.0001). Giving birth via cesarean delivery was not associated with either outcome (p > 0.34).