Peripartum depression and its predictors: A longitudinal observational hospital-based study

Table 6 Predictors for antepartum and postpartum depression in pregnant women

Predictor variables	B1	β2	t	P value
Age	-0.020	-0.015	-0.287	0.774
	0.0463	0.0583	1.1933	0.2343
Socio-economic scale	-0.015	-0.070	-1.286	0 .200
	-0.0103	-0.0743	-1.4973	0.1363
Education	0.011	0.067	1.187	0.2
History of postpartum depression	-0.834	-0.083	-1.647	0.101
	-0.8573	-0.0913	-2.6473	0.1213
Antepartum anxiety trait	0.469	0.514	8.507	0.001
	0.0213	0.0403	0.5733	0.0413
Antepartum T3 level	-0.036	-0.045	-1.673	0.513
	0.0333	0.0653	2.8673	0.5783
Antepartum T4 level	-0.046	-0.056	-1.893	0.654
	0.0223	0.0783	2.8673	0.7453
Antepartum TSH level	-0.045	-0.089	-1.654	0.607
	0.0493	0.0373	2.8673	0.4253
Antepartum depression	-0.0863	-0.1483	-2.7503	0.0073
Parenting stress index	0.0803	0.6973	14.343	0 .00013
R = 0.843; R = 0.8063
R2 = 0.711; R2 = 0.6493
Adjusted R2 = 0.701; Adjusted R2 = 0.6413
Standard error = 6.094; Standard error = 7.2543
ANOVA < 0.001; ANOVA < 0.0013

¹Unstandardized regression coefficients.

²Standardized regression coefficients.

³Post-partum results.

ANOVA: Analysis of variance; T3: Triiodothronine; T4: Thyroxine; TSH: Thyroid stimulating hormone.