Table 1.
Description of the population, distribution of maternal mood symptoms in pregnancy and at 3 months postpartum, according to maternal characteristics (n=3581).
| Variables |
Mood symptoms |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Pregnancyn(%) | p | Three months postpartumn(%) | p | |
| Family income (minimum wages) | <0.001⁎ | <0.001⁎ | |||
| ≤ 1 | 720 | 218(30.3) | 226(31.4) | ||
| 1.1–3.0 | 1680 | 431(25.7) | 415(24.7) | ||
| 3.1–6.0 | 805 | 171(21.2) | 128(15.9) | ||
| 6.1–10.0 | 197 | 34(17.3) | 24(12.2) | ||
| >10.0 | 169 | 24(14.8) | 11(6.5) | ||
| Maternal education (years) | <0.001⁎ | <0.001⁎ | |||
| 0–4 | 537 | 176(32.8) | 192(35.8) | ||
| 5–8 | 1494 | 410(27.4) | 406(27.2) | ||
| 9–11 | 1171 | 239(20.4) | 181(15.5) | ||
| ≥ 12 | 344 | 51(14.8) | 24(7.0) | ||
| Maternal skin color | 0.071⁎⁎ | 0.022⁎⁎ | |||
| White | 2627 | 625(23.8) | 566(21.6) | ||
| Black or mixed | 954 | 255(26.7) | 240(25.2) | ||
| Marital status | 0.001⁎⁎ | 0.001⁎⁎ | |||
| With a partner | 3010 | 708(23.5) | 646(21.5) | ||
| Alone | 571 | 172(30.1) | 160(28.0) | ||
| Maternal age (years) | 0.002⁎⁎ | <0.001⁎ | |||
| <20 | 683 | 161(23.6) | 198(29.0) | ||
| 20–34 | 2406 | 567(23.6) | 514(21.4) | ||
| >34 | 491 | 152(31.0) | 94(19.1) | ||
| Parity | <0.001⁎ | <0.001⁎ | |||
| 0 | 1424 | 293(20.6) | 272(19.1) | ||
| 1 | 943 | 203(21.5) | 182(19.3) | ||
| ≥ 2 | 1213 | 384(31.7) | 352(29.0) | ||
| Smoking in pregnancy | <0.001⁎⁎ | <0.001⁎⁎ | |||
| No | 2611 | 579(22.2) | 463(17.7) | ||
| Yes | 970 | 301(31.0) | 343(35.4) | ||
| Type of delivery | 0.950⁎⁎ | 0.019⁎⁎ | |||
| Vaginal | 1950 | 480(24.6) | 468(24.0) | ||
| Cesarean | 1631 | 400(24.5) | 338(20.7) | ||
| All | 3581 | 880(24.6) | 806(22.5) | ||
⁎
Chi-squared test for trend.
⁎⁎
Chi-squared test.