Depressive Symptoms in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: The LINDA-Brazil Study

Table 2

Association between sociodemographic characteristics and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale ().

Variables	EPDS ≥ 12		EPDS ≥ 18
	PR (95% CI)		PR (95% CI)
Age (years)
18 to 29	1.0	—	1.0	—
30 to 39	1.0 (0.8–1.3)	0.913	0.8 (0.5–1.3)	0.375
≥40	0.9 (0.6–1.3)	0.497	1.0 (0.5–2.2)	0.931
Living with a partner
Yes	1.0	—	1.0	—
No	1.3 (0.9–1.7)	0.099	1.5 (0.8–3.0)	0.232
Education
Complete/incomplete university degree	1.0	—	1.0	—
Complete high school	1.5 (0.8–2.7)	0.156	0.7 (0.3–1.7)	0.404
Incomplete high school	1.9 (1.0–3.4)	<0.05	1.3 (0.5–3.3)	0.647
Incomplete elementary school	1.9 (1.0–3.5)	<0.05	0.9 (0.3–2.5)	0.768
Household income (minimum wages)
≥3	1.0	—	1.0	—
2 to <3	1.3 (0.8–2.1)	0.343	2.9 (0.7–12.8)	0.151
1 to <2	1.6 (1.0–2.5)	0.058	5.7 (1.4–23.3)	<0.05
<1	1.5 (0.9–2.5)	0.082	3.7 (0.8–16.4)	0.086
Prepregnancy body mass index
<25 kg/m^2	1.0	—	1.0
Overweight	1.1 (0.8–1.4)	0.757	1.0 (0.5–1.9)	0.971
Obese class I	1.1 (0.8–1.5)	0.701	1.1 (0.6–2.2)	0.720
Obese class II/III	0.9 (0.7–1.3)	0.713	0.9 (0.4–1.9)	0.820
Parity
0	1.0	—	1.0	—
1 to 2	1.3 (0.9–1.8)	0.150	2.1 (1.0–4.5)	0.065
≥3	1.6 (1.1-2.3)	<0.05	2.1 (0.8–5.3)	0.130
Abortions
0	1.0	—	1.0	—
1 to 2	1.2 (0.9–1.5)	0.205	1.4 (0.8–2.3)	0.226
≥3	1.3 (0.8–2.2)	0.324	1.5 (0.5–4.6)	0.516

Adjusted prevalence ratios estimated using robust Poisson regression, including the table’s remaining variables.