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. 2020 Mar 26;12:213–219. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S239267

Table 2.

Association Between Pre-Pregnancy BMI, Perinatal Depression Risk and Vitamin D Status

Pre-Pregnancy BMI Unadjusted OR (95% CI) P value Adjusted OR (95% CI) P value
Predicting Depression from BMI (Unadjusted n= 14,056, Adjusted n= 13,805)a,b
Underweight 1.922 (1.506, 2.452) <0.001 1.544 (1.194, 1.997) 0.001
Overweight 1.254 (1.061, 1.482) 0.008 1.220 (1.026, 1.451) 0.024
Obese 1.553 (1.311, 1.839) <0.001 1.421 (1.191, 1.696) <0.000
Predicting Vitamin D from BMI (Unadjusted n= 9583, Adjusted n= 9561)a,c
Underweight 1.413 (1.194, 1.673) <0.001 1.204 (1.009, 1.437) 0.040
Overweight 1.299 (1.176, 1.434) <0.001 1.374 (1.238, 1.525) <0.000
Obese 1.479 (1.325, 1.650) <0.001 1.950 (1.735, 2.191) <0.000
Predicting Depression from Vitamin D (Unadjusted n= 8215, Adjusted n= 8088)b,d
Vitamin D deficient (Yes) 1.404 (1.182, 1.667) <0.001 1.321 (1.105, 1.579) 0.002

Notes: Reference group: Healthy weighta, Vitamin D deficient (No)d, bCovariates Adjusted: Marital Status (With Partner), Mother Working (Yes), Smokes during pregnancy (Yes), Domestic Violence (Yes), Maternal age at delivery time (years), Birth weight, Parity. cCovariates Adjusted: Mum Country Of Birth (Australia), Maternal age at delivery time (years), gender, Birth weight, Parity.

Abbreviations: BMI, Body Mass Index; OR, Odds Ratio; CI, Confidence Intervals.