Table 4 Demographic and pregnancy, labour and delivery characteristics of all cases, using the midwives’ records
From: Are women with major depression in pregnancy identifiable in population health data?
| Â | HMDS only | Any PBS | HMDS only | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 2111) | (N = 4485) | vs any PBS | |||
| Â | N | SD | N | SD | t-test |
Mean maternal age, yrs | 29.0 | 6.1 | 30.1 | 5.8 | <0.0001 |
Mean maternal height, cm | 164.7 | 7.1 | 165.1 | 6.8 | 0.0244 |
Mean gestation, wks | 37.7 | 3.3 | 38.2 | 2.3 | <0.0001 |
Mean SEIFA | 970.4 | 99.8 | 985.1 | 87.7 | <0.0001 |
| Â | N | % | N | % | OR (95% CI) |
Caucasian | 1656 | 78.4 | 4217 | 94.0 | 0.23 (0.19-0.27) |
Smoked during pregnancy | 743 | 35.2 | 1312 | 29.3 | 1.32 (118–1.47) |
Parity > 1 | 1584 | 75.0 | 3556 | 79.3 | 0.79 (0.70-0.89) |
Singleton | 2056 | 97.4 | 4410 | 98.3 | 0.64 (0.45-0.90) |
Pregnancy characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Preeclampsia | 180 | 8.5 | 245 | 5.5 | 1.61 (1.32-1.97) |
Gestational diabetes | 97 | 4.6 | 210 | 4.7 | 0.98 (0.77-1.25) |
Essential hypertension | 25 | 1.2 | 69 | 1.5 | 0.77 (0.48-1.22) |
Pre-existing diabetes | 28 | 1.3 | 38 | 0.8 | 1.57 (0.96-2.57) |
Other medical condition | 1189 | 56.3 | 2251 | 50.2 | 0.78 (0.70-0.87) |
CTG ante-partum | 972 | 46.0 | 1615 | 36.0 | 0.66 (0.59-0.73) |
CTG intra-partum | 1024 | 48.5 | 1735 | 38.7 | 0.67 (0.60-0.74) |
Labour and delivery characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
preterm | 401 | 19.0 | 548 | 12.2 | 1.69 (1.46-1.94) |
Induced labour | 681 | 32.3 | 1307 | 29.1 | 1.16 (1.04-1.30) |
Delivered by an obstetrician | 552 | 26.1 | 1639 | 36.5 | 0.61 (0.55-0.69) |
Precipitate delivery | 93 | 4.4 | 273 | 6.1 | 0.71 (0.56-0.91) |
Local anaesthetic to perineum | 58 | 2.7 | 236 | 5.3 | 0.51 (0.38-0.68) |
Elective Caesarean delivery | 337 | 16.0 | 857 | 19.1 | 0.80 (0.70-0.92) |
Emergency Caesarean delivery | 408 | 19.3 | 663 | 14.8 | 1.38 (1.21-1.58) |
Fetal distress | 408 | 19.3 | 705 | 15.7 | 1.28 (1.12-1.47) |
PPH (> = 500 mls) | 468 | 22.2 | 508 | 11.3 | 2.23 (1.94-2.56) |
Pre-labour rupture of membranes | 193 | 9.1 | 260 | 5.8 | 1.64 (1.32-1.99) |