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 |