Table 4 Coefficients in the Extended model.

From: Postpartum depression: a developed and validated model predicting individual risk in new mothers

 

Development (1997–2012), αdev and βdev

Validation (2013–2018), αval and βval

Recalibrated model*

Intercept

−2.74

−4.22

−2.82

Mothers age at birth

−0.33

−0.30

−0.35

Age2

0.01

0.01

0.01

Age3

−0.00

−0.00

−0.00

Cohabitation

−0.03

0.12

−0.04

Education

Mandatory

0.33

0.38

0.35

Short

0.14

0.16

0.15

Medium

−0.13

0.00

−0.13

High

Ref

Ref

Ref

Previous psychiatric history

None

Ref

Ref

Ref

Within 3 years before birth

2.65

3.12

2.83

3–10 years before birth

2.46

2.55

2.63

10+ years before birth

1.89

2.14

2.02

Postpartum hemorrhage (%)

0.33

0.02

0.35

Gestational diabetes (%)

0.28

0.23

0.30

Gestational hypertension (%)

0.19

0.05

0.20

Preeclampsia (%)

0.14

0.16

0.15

Eclampsia (%)

0.34

−7.33

0.36

Previous stillbirths (%)

−0.30

−0.06

−0.32

Previous abortion (%)

−0.01

−0.12

−0.01

Acute c-section (%)

0.19

0.03

0.20

Preterm birth (%)

0.30

0.49

0.32

Hyperemesis gravidarum (%)

0.53

0.63

0.56

  1. *To calculate the coefficients in the recalibrated model, the estimates αnew and βoverall has to be added and multiplied, respectively, to the original model (here the Extended model).