Associations of childhood maltreatment with pre-pregnancy obesity and maternal postpartum mental health: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Associations between pre-pregnancy BMI status and postpartum depression and anxiety

	Depression (BDI-II ≥ 19)		Anxiety (SCL-90-R > 2, highest quartile)
	adj. OR ^a	95% CI	adj. OR ^a	95% CI
Pre-pregnancy BMI
Normal weight	Ref.		Ref.
Underweight	0.90	0.21-3.96	1.07	0.48-2.41
Overweight	1.02	0.43-2.40	1.22	0.75-1.99
Obesity	2.55	1.08-6.00	0.77	0.36-1.64

Odds ratios from logistic regression models for postpartum depression and anxiety by pre-pregnancy BMI status (n = 741); BDI-II = Beck Depression Inventory-II; SCL-90-R = Symptom-Checklist-90 revised; ^a adjusted for demographic covariates (age, education, nationality, marital status, parity); statistically significant associations (p < 0.05) are printed in bold type

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