Table 2 Behavioural and cognitive outcomes in toddlers.

From: Maternal depressive symptoms, neonatal white matter, and toddler social-emotional development

Characteristic

Whole sample (n = 311)

High EPDS (n = 35)

Low EPDS (n = 276)

IMD 18 months, median (range)

25.26 (1.55–61.37); n = 292

25.05 (5.06–53.18); n = 33

25.26 (1.55–61.37); n = 259

quintile, N (%)

   

 1 (least deprived)

28 (9.6%)

2 (6.1%)

26 (10.0%)

 2

32 (11.0%)

3 (9.1%)

29 (11.2%)

 3

52 (17.8%)

4 (12.1%)

48 (18.5%)

 4

110 (37.7%)

15 (45.5%)

95 (36.7%)

 5 (most deprived)

70 (24.0%)

9 (27.3%)

61 (23.6%)

Corrected age, months, median (range)

18 (17–24)

18 (17–24)

18 (17–24)

CBCL total T-score, median (range)

46 (28–69)

52 (37–66)

46 (28–69)

N (%), Normal (≤64)

301 (96.8%)

32 (91.4%)

269 (97.5%)

  Borderline

10 (3.2%)

3 (8.6%)

7 (2.5%)

  Clinical (≥70)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

CBCL Int. T-score, median (range)

43 (29–72)

49 (29–70)

43 (29–72)

CBCL Ext. T-score, median (range)

48 (28–70)

54 (28–65)

47 (28–70)

Q-CHAT Total, median (range)

29 (8–59)

32 (20–52)

28 (8–59)

N (%), Normal

272 (87.5%)

27 (77.1%)

245 (88.8%)

  High (≥39)

39 (12.5%)

8 (22.9%)

31 (11.2%)

BSID-III Cog. Comp., median (range)

100 (70–125)

100 (70–120)

100 (70–125)

N (%), Normal (>85)

291 (93.6%)

32 (91.4%)

259 (93.8%)

  Mild

20 (6.4%)

3 (8.6%)

17 (6.2%)

  Mod/severe (<70)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Home environment, median (range)

21 (7–28); n = 305

20 (12–28)

21 (7–28); n = 270

Dysfunctional parenting, median (range)

2.90 (1.43–4.20); n = 308

3.20 (2.37–4)

2.83 (1.43–4.20); n = 273

  1. EPDS Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, IMD index of multiple deprivation, CBCL Childhood Behaviour Checklist, Q-CHAT Quantitative Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Int internalising, Ext externalising, BSID-III Cog Comp Bayley’s cognitive composite score. Home environment = score on the Stimulating Parenting Scale, Dysfunctional parenting = score on the Parenting Scale.
  2. No missing values unless otherwise indicated in the table. The cut-offs used to indicate high scores on the CBCL, Q-CHAT, and BSID-III as are per [69,70,71, 113] and are used for descriptive purposes only.