Table 3 Antenatal and postpartum depressive symptoms, and general anxiety and pregnancy related anxiety symptoms in women with and without severe 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 (2–18)

5.0 (0–27)

0.99

-0.62–2.60

0.226

 EPDS

 Mid-pregnancy

6.5 (1–20)

4.0 (0–25)

1.63

-0.08–3.33

0.062

 EPDS

 Late pregnancy

5.8 (2–15)

4.0 (0–19)

1.70

-0.14–3.54

0.070

 EPDS ≥ 10

 Late pregnancy

5/18 (27.8%)

112 (13.2%)

OR 1.78

0.55–5.81

0.336

Postpartum depressive symptoms

 EPDS

 3 months postpartum

5.0 (0–10)

3.0 (0–21)

1.22

-0.57–3.00

0.182

 EPDS

 6 months postpartum

4.0 (0–14)

3.0 (0–23)

0.38

-1.67–2.43

0.715

 EPDS ≥ 10

 3 months postpartum

3/19 (15.8%)

69 (9.5%)

OR 1.90

0.52–6.94

0.328

 EPDS ≥ 10

 6 months postpartum

2/17 (11.8%)

69 (11.2%)

OR 0.78

0.17–3.58

0.748

Antenatal general and pregnancy-related anxiety symptoms

 SCL

 Early pregnancy

3.0 (0–14)

2.0 (0–28)

0.77

-0.81–2.35

0.339

 SCL

 Mid-pregnancy

4.5 (0–15)

3.0 (0–29)

1.64

-0.15–3.43

0.073

 SCL

 Late pregnancy

5.5 (0–14)

2.0 (0–27)

2.10

0.22–3.98

0.028*

 PRAQ

 Early pregnancy

24.5 (11–40)

22.0 (11–45)

1.73

-10.65–14.10

0.783

 PRAQ

 Mid-pregnancy

27.0 (12–34)

23.0 (10–46)

1.89

-0.97–4.76

0.195

 PRAQ

 Late pregnancy

-

23.0 (10–50)

Postnatal anxiety symptoms

 SCL

 3 months postpartum

2.0 (0–9)

1.0 (0–24)

0.97

-0.69–2.64

0.252

 SCL

 6 months postpartum

2.0 (0–13)

1.0 (0–29)

1.24

-0.72–3.19

0.214