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Table 3 Relationship between infant crying problems and maternal anxiety symptoms

From: Infant crying problems related to maternal depressive and anxiety symptoms during pregnancy: a prospective cohort study

 

Mothers of infants with crying problems

Mothers of infants without crying problems

Chi-sq test

Unadjusted

Adjusted for socioeconomics

Adjusted for chronic diseases

Adjusted for previous psychological difficulties

Adjusted for all blocks

N = 235

N = 1055

ASS score

N

(%)

N

(%)

P-value

OR

[95%CI]

OR

[95%CI]

OR

[95%CI]

OR

[95%CI]

OR

[95%CI]

First trimester

    

0.003

          

 0–2

116

(49.4)

654

(62.0)

 

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 3–5

66

(28.1)

215

(20.4)

 

1731

[1.233; 2.430]

1.741

[1.226; 2.472]

1.746

[1.234; 2.469]

1.645

[1.163; 2.326]

1.647

[1.143; 2.372]

 6–9

24

(10.2)

98

(9.3)

 

1.381

[0.848; 2.250]

1.437

[0.854; 2.418]

1.262

[0.754; 2.112]

1.282

[0.779; 2.110]

1.290

[0.748; 2.223]

 >  10

29

(12.3)

88

(8.3)

 

1.858

[1.169; 2.954]

1.924

[1.164; 3.180]

1.971

[1.228; 3.164]

1.642

[1.006; 2.680]

1.742

[1.023; 2.966]

Second trimester

    

0.163

          

 0–2

139

(59.2)

688

(65.2)

 

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 3–5

44

(18.7)

193

(18.3)

 

1.128

[0.776; 1.641]

1.163

[0.789; 1.715]

1.126

[0.770; 1.649]

1.049

[0.716; 1.536]

1.060

[0.709; 1.582]

 6–9

29

(12.3)

88

(8.3)

 

1.631

[1.032; 2.578]

1.676

[1.039; 2.704]

1.583

[0.991; 2.531]

1.506

[0.947; 2.397]

1.538

[0.940; 2.515]

 >  10

23

(9.8)

86

(8.2)

 

1.324

[0.807; 2.171]

1.416

[0.842; 2.383]

1.270

[0.756; 2.135]

1.169

[0.702; 1.947]

1.205

[0.694; 2.092]

Third trimester

    

0.007

          

 0–2

135

(57.5)

683

(64.7)

 

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 3–5

45

(19.2)

221

(21.0)

 

1.030

[0.712; 1.491]

1.073

[0.731; 1.574]

1.000

[0.684; 1.462]

0.977

[0.671; 1.421]

0.981

[0.661; 1.456]

 6–9

38

(16.2)

100

(9.5)

 

1.923

[1.267; 2.916]

2.088

[1.348; 3.232]

2.065

[1.351; 3.157]

1.774

[1.158; 2.719]

2.007

[1.277; 3.153]

 >  10

17

(7.2)

51

(4.8)

 

1.686

[0.945; 3.009]

1.742

[0.954; 3.183]

1.578

[0.853; 2.919]

1.494

[0.824; 2.712]

1.416

[0.740; 2.710]

Postpartum

    

< 0.001

          

 0–2

140

(59.6)

803

(76.1)

 

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 3–5

53

(22.6)

160

(15.2)

 

1.900

[1.327; 2.720]

1.885

[1.296; 2.742]

1.951

[1.350; 2.818]

1.820

[1.260; 2.629]

1.903

[1.287; 2.813]

 6–9

22

(9.4)

55

(5.2)

 

2.294

[1.356; 3.882]

2.315

[1.351; 3.966]

2.374

[1.319; 4.086]

2.180

[1.277; 3.721]

2.195

[1.244; 3.871]

 >  10

20

(8.5)

37

(3.5)

 

3.100

[1.748; 5.498]

3.259

[1.786; 5.946]

3.301

[1.839; 5.925]

2.884

[1.596; 5.211]

3.269

[1.739; 6.147]

  1. This table shows correlations between infant crying problems and maternal ASS scores, unadjusted, adjusted for socioeconomics, chronic diseases, and previous psychological difficulties. Data were collected three times during pregnancy and once postpartum