Table 2 Antenatal and postpartum depressive symptoms, and general anxiety and pregnancy related anxiety symptoms in women with and without gestational anemia. The values given are unadjusted median (minimum – maximum) or n (%) in each group, the estimated difference of the mean scores (B) or the adjusted odds ratio (OR) for the risk of postpartum depression between the anemic and non-anemic women from a linear or logistic regression models

Antenatal depressive symptoms

 EPDS

 Early pregnancy

5.0 (0–26)

5.0 (0–27)

0.24

-0.37–0.85

0.446

 EPDS

 Mid-pregnancy

4.0 (0–22)

4.0 (0–25)

-0.11

-0.73–0.52

0.740

 EPDS

 Late pregnancy

4.0 (0–19)

4.0 (0–19)

0.15

-0.49–0.79

0.642

 EPDS ≥ 10

 Late pregnancy

28/189 (14.8%)

95 (13.6%)

OR 0.96

0.59–1.57

0.882

Postpartum depressive symptoms

 EPDS

 3 months postpartum

4.0 (0–17)

3.0 (0–21)

0.30

-0.38–0.98

0.381

 EPDS

 6 months postpartum

3.0 (0–24)

3.0 (0–22)

0.11

-0.72–0.94

0.795

 EPDS ≥ 10

 3 months postpartum

16/167 (9.6%)

60 (9.9%)

OR 1.01

0.54–1.85

0.988

 EPDS ≥ 10

 6 months postpartum

20/139 (14.4%)

55 (10.7%)

OR 1.32

0.75–2.31

0.334

Antenatal general and pregnancy-related anxiety symptoms

 SCL

 Early pregnancy

3.0 (0–30)

2.0 (0–28)

0.62

0.02–1.23

0.043*

 SCL

 Mid-pregnancy

3.0 (0–21)

3.0 (0–29)

0.19

-0.47–0.85

0.575

 SCL

 Late pregnancy

2.0 (0–25)

2.0 (0–27)

0.10

-0.55–0.76

0.756

 PRAQ

 Early pregnancy

21.0 (12–40)

22.0 (11–45)

-0.10

-2.45–2.25

0.933

 PRAQ

 Mid-pregnancy

22.0 (10–43)

23.0 (10–46)

-1.17

-2.22– (-0.12)

0.029*

 PRAQ

 Late pregnancy

24.0 (10–50)

23.0 (10–49)

-0.35

-1.45–0.75

0.535

Postnatal anxiety symptoms

 SCL

 3 months postpartum

1.0 (0–17)

1.0 (0–24)

0.23

-0.40–0.86

0.469

 SCL

 6 months postpartum

1.0 (0–20)

1.0 (0–29)

0.16

-0.63–0.94

0.693