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. 2011 Feb 23;6(2):e16737. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016737

Table 4. Multivariate Mixed Model* of the Association Between Maternal Depression and Weight-for-Length Z Scores in Children from Birth to 2 years (n = 166 mother-child pairs).

Variable Coeff (95%CI) P value
No depressive symptoms 0.00
Episodic depression −0.09 (−0.45−0.27) 0.64
Chronic depression −0.48 (−0.94—0.01) 0.045
Any breastfeeding @ 6mo −0.25 (−0.60−09) 0.15
Mexican ethnicity −0.09 (−0.41−0.22) 0.55
Maternal postnatal BMI 0.02 (−0.0008−0.05) 0.06
Maternal age −0.03 (−0.06—0.002) 0.04
Gestational age 0.11 (0.005−0.21) 0.04
Birth Weight-for-Length Z score 0.10 (−0.03−0.24) 0.14
Study Visit Time, months 0.03 (0.02−0.04) <0.01