Postpartum depressive symptoms and its association to daytime sleepiness and restless legs during pregnancy

Table 3 Pregnancy and delivery related data on studied women including unadjusted and adjusted odds ratio for EPDS ≥10

		EPDS < 10		EPDS ≥ 10
		n = 264		n = 29
		n	%	n	%	p-value*	OR (95 % CI)	Adj. OR^a (95 % CI)
Depression during current pregnancy	Yes	5	1.9	3	10.3	0.008	5.98 (1.35–26.42)	8.81 (1.07–72.39)
	No	259	98.1	26	89.7		Reference	Reference
Current antidepressive medication during pregnancy^b
	Yes	3	1.1	1	3.4	0.308	3.11 (0.31–30.88)	1.71 (0.09–32.38)
	No	261	98.9	28	96.6		Reference	Reference
Intercurrent somatic disease^c
	Yes	13	4.9	2	6.9	0.647	1.43 (0.31–30.88)	1.29 (0.25–6.28)
	No	251	95.1	27	93.1		Reference	Reference
Stressful life event during pregnancy
	Yes	8	3.0	2	6.9	0.276	2.37 (0.48–11.73)	2.03 (0.38–11.54)
	No	256	97.0	27	93.1		Reference	Reference
Number of visits during pregnancy^d(no of visits mean/SD)		10.2/2.4		11.2/2.9		0.032	1.16 (1.01–1.32)	1.16 (0.99–1.36)
Fear of delivery
	Yes	16	6.1	2	6.9	0.859	1.15 (0.25–5.26)	0.89 (0.16–4.88)
	No	248	93.9	27	93.1		Reference	Reference
Complication during pregnancy^e
	Yes	58	22,0	6	20,7	0.874	0.93 (0.36–2.38)	0.74 (0.26–2.05)
	No	206	78,0	23	79,3		Reference	Reference
Premature birth (<36 + 6)^f
	Yes	3	1.1	3	10.3	0.001	10.04 (1.93–52.29)	13.07 (2.08–82.26)
	No	261	98.9	26	89.7		Reference	Reference
Normal delivery
	Yes	221	83.7	21	72.4	0.128	Reference	Reference
	No	43	16.3	8	27.6		1.96 (0.81–4.71)	1.84 (0.71–4.76)
Complication during or after delivery^g
	Yes	33	12.5	4	13.8	0.842	1.12 (0.37–3.42)	1.25 (0.39–3.94)
	No	231	87.5	25	86.2		Reference	Reference

*p-value based on student T-test or Chi square test
^aAdjusted for all the variables in Table 2
^bSSRI or SNRI
^cTrombophilic disorder, inflammatory bowel disease, hypo- or hyperfunction of the thyroid gland, epilepsy, prolactinoma and cerebral shunt
^dTotal number of visits during pregnancy to a midwife or physician, except for the visit when they were giving birth
^eSevere hyperemesis, contractions (need for sick leave >2 weeks), back or pelvic girdle pain (need for medical counselling), gestational diabetes, abnormal vaginal bleeding (hospitalization), carpal tunnel syndrome, cholestasis of pregnancy or thromboembolic disease
^fBetween gestational week 34–36
^gBleeding >1000 ml, urine retention, rupture including anal sphincter, pneumonia or postpartum endometritis

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