Table 2 Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for postpartum depressive symptoms for 1 standard deviation increase in each personality scale.

From: Maternal personality and postpartum mental disorders in Japan: the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study

 

Age-adjusted

Multivariate-adjusteda

OR (95% CI)

p-value

OR (95% CI)

p-value

Neuroticism

2.70 (2.55, 2.86)

 < 0.001

2.63 (2.48, 2.79)

 < 0.001

Extraversion

0.68 (0.65, 0.72)

 < 0.001

0.74 (0.70, 0.78)

 < 0.001

Psychoticism

0.91 (0.86, 0.95)

 < 0.001

0.89 (0.85, 0.94)

 < 0.001

Lie

0.78 (0.74, 0.82)

 < 0.001

0.78 (0.75, 0.82)

 < 0.001

  1. Postpartum depressive symptoms were defined as a total score of the Japanese version of Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale ≥ 9.
  2. aAdjusted for age at delivery, parity, mode of delivery, educational attainment, household income, and social isolation during pregnancy.
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