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. 2013 Jun 27;55(2):124–134. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12112

Table 1.

Sociodemographic data (relative to mother and child): comparisons based on ANOVA, logistic regression (in bold)

AN (N = 193) BN (N = 158) Unexposed (N = 8,271)
Maternal variables
 Maternal age at delivery (years), mean (SD) 29.5** (4.9) 28.4 (4.3) 28.7 (4.6)
Parity (multiparous) 52.1% 51.6% 54.4%
  (OR, 95% CI) (0.9, 0.7–1.2) (0.9, 0.6–1.2) Ref.
Ethnicity (white) 97.3% 98.0% 98.2%
  (OR, 95% CI) (0.7, 0.3–1.7) (0.9, 0.3–2.9) Ref.
Education (A-level and degree vs. up to GCSE) 54.0%*** 39.6% 39.3%
  (OR, 95% CI) (1.8, 1.3–2.4) (1.0, 0.7–1.4) Ref.
 EPDS in pregnancy mean (SD) 9.3*** (6.1) 8.8*** (5.5) 6.5 (4.7)
 CCEI in pregnancy, mean (SD) 19.2*** (9.5) 19.7*** (9.1) 14.3 (7.7)
Child variables
Child gender (male),% 52.3% 49.4% 51.3%
  (OR, 95% CI) (1.0, 0.8–1.4) (0.9, 0.7–1.3) Ref.
 Birthweight (in grams), mean (SD) 3414 (517) 3508 (500) 3443 (526) Ref.
 Gestational age, mean (SD) 39.6 (1.8) 39.7 (1.6) 39.5 (1.8) Ref.
 Difficult temperament, mean (SD) 89.3 (20.4) 89.1 (19.8) 86.2 (20.0)
 Developmental score, mean (SD) 64.5 (10.1) 65.2 (8.1) 64.9 (7.6)
No of life events: none, n (%) 42 (21.5%) 26 (16.0%) 2,519 (29.7%)
1–3, n (%) 132 (67.7%) 121 (74.2%) 5,426 (64.0%)
  OR (95% CI) 1.4* (1.0–2.1) 2.2*** (1.4–3.3) Ref.
4–15, n (%) 21 (10.7%) 16 (9.8%) 526 (6.2%)
  OR (95% CI) 2.4*** (1.4–4.1) 2.9*** (1.6–5.5) Ref.

OR, Odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; EPDS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; CCEI, Crown Crisp Experiential Inventory.

 

*p < .05; **p ≤ .01, ***p < .001 for comparisons between groups and the General Population.