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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 13.
Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2014 Aug;18(6):1532–1539. doi: 10.1007/s10995-013-1394-7

Table 4. Sensitivity analyses of the (a) impact of parental stress on postpartum depression when lagging the exposure of parental stress and (b) impact of parental stress on subthreshold depression.

Variable Bivariate analysis OR (95 % CI); p value Multivariate analysisa AOR (95 % CI); p value
(a)
Total stress 1.05 (1.02–1.09); <0.001 1.06 (1.02–1.09); <0.01
Parental distress subscale 1.16 (1.07–1.26); 0.0001 1.20 (1.08–1.32); <0.001
Parent–child dysfunction subscale 1.06 (1.01–1.12); 0.01 1.08 (1.02–1.15); <0.01
Difficult child subscale 1.06 (1.00–1.13); 0.05 1.05 (0.99–1.11); 0.07
(b)
Total stress 1.04 (1.01–1.07); <0.01 1.04 (1.01–1.07); <0.01
Parental distress subscale 1.12 (1.04–1.19); <0.001 1.12 (1.04–1.19); <0.001
Parent–child dysfunction subscale 1.05 (0.97–1.14); 0.25 1.04 (0.96–1.13); 0.37
Difficult child subscale 1.06 (1.00–1.14); 0.05 1.08 (1.01–1.16); 0.01

OR odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio

a

All multivariate models were adjusted for study arm, age, born in the United States, prior history of depression, and number of study visits