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. 2013 Nov;132(5):e1295–e1301. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-1194

TABLE 3.

Mothers’ Health Outcomes by Race/Ethnicity

Mothers 1 Month 3 Months 6 Months 13 Months
Hispanic Black White Hispanic Black White Hispanic Black White Hispanic Black White
Depression, n (%)
 None 13 (24) 18 (41) 7 (29) 29 (48) 28 (44) 15 (49) 26 (46) 36 (58) 17 (55) 28 (56) 36 (67) 23 (77)
 Mild 14 (26) 6 (14) 6 (25) 7 (11) 15 (24) 6 (19) 3 (5) 7 (11) 8 (26) 10 (20) 6 (11) 2 (7)
 Moderate/severe 27 (50) 20 (45) 11 (46) 25 (41) 20 (32) 10 (32) 28 (49) 19 (31) 6 (19) 12 (24) 12 (22) 5 (16)
 P value .54 .29 .03* .57
PTSD, n (%)
 Yes 44 (82) 30 (70) 11 (46) 36 (59) 36 (57) 9 (29) 32 (54) 31 (50) 8 (26) 25 (48) 19 (36) 3 (10)
 No 10 (19) 13 (30) 13 (54) 25 (41) 27 (43) 22 (71) 27 (46) 31 (50) 23 (74) 27 (52) 34 (64) 27 (90)
 P value .04* .02* .03* .002**
Self-rated health
 Mean (SD) 6.4 (2.6)a 7.7 (2.2)a 7.1 (2.1) 6.8 (2.5) 7.2 (2.4) 7.4 (2.0) 6.6 (2.6)a 7.7 (2.1)a 7.3 (2.0) 7.4 (2.3) 7.8 (1.8) 7.4 (2.1)
 P value .03* .49 .02* .54
 Rating ≤5, n (%) 22 (37) 12 (26) 7 (28) 17 (27) 13 (21) 7 (23) 21 (36) 12 (20) 6 (19) 10 (19) 8 (15) 6 (20)
a

Significantly different pairs.

*

P < .05.

**

P < .01.