Clinical Study
No Relationship between Maternal Iron Status and Postpartum Depression in Two Samples in China
Table 1
Summary of studies on maternal iron status and postpartum depression.
| Country, year | Study design | Iron status | Postpartum depression | Findings | measures and timing | measures and timing |
| UK, 1994 [12] | Observational | pre- and postnatal Hb | EPDS: 10โd, 4โwk, 6โwk | No relationship |
| Germany, 1995 [13] | Intervational | Postnatal: anemic treated by placebo () versus anemic treated by versus nonanemic ( =โโ274) | blues questionnaire and SCL-90-R: 5โd | Depressive symptoms: anemic > nonanemic anemic: placeboโ=โrhEPO |
| US, 2003 [14] | Observational | Postnatal Hb: anemic versus nonanemic | CES-D: 28โd | depressive symptoms: anemic > nonanemic |
| S. Africa, 2005 [8] | Intervational | Postnatal: Hb, MCV, ferritin, sTfR IDA treated by placebo versus IDA treated by iron () versus nonanemic | EPDS: 10โwk, 9โmo | depressive symptoms: IDAโ+โiron: 10โwโ>โ9โmo IDAโ+โplacebo: 10โwkโ=โ9โmo |
| Spain, 2011 [15] | Observational | Postnatal: ferritin, transferrin, iron, sTfR | EPDS: 2โd, 8โwk, 32โwk Women with PPD at 32โwk versus non-PPD | Ferritin concentration: PPD <โ non-PPD |
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