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. 2017 Dec 4;17:404. doi: 10.1186/s12884-017-1595-y

Table 3.

Multivariate logistic regression. Associations of low wellbeing and maternal characteristics

Odds Ratio, 95% CI
Maternal characteristic OR Lower Upper p
Ethnicity (European) .44 .25 .77 < .01*
Marital status (with partner) .45 .20 1.02 .06
Shift work (yes) 1.81 1.11 2.93 .02*
Occupational status (working = ref)
 Not working 1.39 .80 2.42 .24
 Home duties 1.28 .59 2.78 .53
Sleep h/d (6–9 h = ref)a
 ≤ 6 h .90 .52 1.56 .70
 ≥ 9 h 1.11 .68 1.84 .67
Insufficient sleep d/m (low = ref)b
 Medium 1.26 .73 2.17 .41
 High 3.30 1.96 5.55 < .01*
Perceptions and attitudec
 Attitude to current weight 1.05 .99 1.12 .11
 Self-efficacy .95 .92 .98 < .01*
 Social support .94 .90 .99 .03*
Cambridge worry scale
 Socioeconomic 1.08 1.02 1.15 .01*
 Health 1.06 1.01 1.11 .03*
 Relationship 1.17 1.05 1.31 < .01*
Age (young = ref)d
 middle .81 .50 1.31 .39
 old .90 .54 1.49 .68
BMI at baseline 1.03 .98 1.08 .32
Weeks of gestation .95 .87 1.03 .17
Pregnant before (yes) 1.11 .72 1.71 .64
Systolic blood pressure .99 .97 1.01 .21

Only variables remaining after step two were included in the model (method = enter, outcome = WHO-5 index: low wellbeing), χ2 (21, N = 692) = 163.71, p < .001, R 2 = .21, Durbin Watson = 2.10

asleep hours per day (24 h, self-reported); ≤ 6 h; 6–9 h; ≥ 9 h

bdays per month (self-reported), based on tertiles

cBased on the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) model [43]

dbased on tertiles

*< .05