Table 1.

Studies from South Asia examining association between maternal mental health and child growth

Study	Study type and location	Subjects	Measure of maternal depression	Child weight outcome	Association of maternal depression (95% CI)
Patel et al 200310	Hospital based cohort, Goa, India	171 infants, 22% with depressed mothers	EPDS	<5th centile of weight for age	Risk ratio 2.3 (1.1 to 4.7)
Anoop et al11	Community based case-control, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India	72 cases, 72 controls	SCID	50-80% v>80% of expected weight for age	Odds ratio 7.4 (1.6 to 38.5)
Rahman et al 200412	Clinic based case-control, Rawalpindi, Pakistan	82 cases, 90 controls	SRQ-20	<3rd centile v > 10th centile of weight for age	Odds ratio 3.9 (1.9 to 7.8)

EPDS=Edinburgh postnatal depression scale. SCID=structured clinical interview for DSM-IV. SRQ-20=self reporting questionnaire.