Table 4 Significant covariates of a linear model for antenatal EPDS scores.

From: Modelling of psychosocial and lifestyle predictors of peripartum depressive symptoms associated with distinct risk trajectories: a prospective cohort study

Covariate

Coefficient

p-value

Social status - Routine/semi-routine/HW

1.768

<0.001

Social status - Unemployed/student

3.887

0.004

Education >18 years

−1.373

0.033

BMI ≥30 - Yes

−0.581

0.037

Alcohol pre-pregnancy - Yes

0.813

0.049

Family history of PPD, 1st degree relative - Yes

1.391

0.012

Past history of anxiety - Yes

2.314

<0.001

  1. Positive or negative coefficients indicate by how much the EDPS score increases or decreases with the covariate. The full model is provided in Suppl. Table 5.
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