ArticleEarly human development2014
Prenatal maternal depression is associated with low birth weight through shorter gestational age in term infants in Korea.
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- Epidemiology of antenatal depression in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Pooled it
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- [Association between depression during pregnancy and low birth weight in neonates: a Meta analysis].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2017Pooled it
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- Neglecting Maternal Depression Compromises Child Health and Development Outcomes, and Violates Children's Rights in South Africa.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Three machine learning algorithms and their utility in exploring risk factors associated with primary cesarean section in low-risk women: A methods paper.Research in nursing & health · 2021Article
- Maternal caregiving capabilities are associated with child linear growth in rural Zimbabwe.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Article
- The importance of depression during pregnancy.JBRA assisted reproduction · 2020Article
- Pre-existingmental health disorders affect pregnancy and neonatal outcomes: a retrospectivecohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Article
- Antenatal depression and offspring health outcomes.Obstetric medicine · 2020Review
- The Association Between Demographic Characteristics and Attempting of Pregnancy with Postpartum Depression and Anxiety Among Women Referring to Community Health Centres: A Cross Sectional Study.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2020Article
- Epigenetically regulated imprinted gene expression associated with IVF and infertility: possible influence of prenatal stress and depression.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2019Review
- Intimate partner violence, forced first sex and adverse pregnancy outcomes in a sample of Zimbabwean women accessing maternal and child health care.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Low birth weight of institutional births in Cambodia: Analysis of the Demographic and Health Surveys 2010-2014.PloS one · 2018Article
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backgroundMaternal prenatal depression is associated with lower offspring birth weight, yet the impact of gestational age on this association remains inadequately understood.
aimsWe aimed to investigate the effect of prenatal depression on low birth weight, gestational age, and weight for gestational age at term. STUDY
designProspective cohort study. SUBJECT: Data were collected from 691 women in their third trimester of pregnancy who went on to give birth to a singleton at term without perinatal complications. One hundred and fifty-two women had a Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale-10 score ≥10 and were classed as prenatally depressed. OUTCOME MEASURES: Low birth weight (<2500g), gestational age at birth, and birth weight percentile for gestational age.
resultsOffspring of prenatally depressed women were more likely to be low birth weight (Odds ratio [OR] 2.94, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.14-7.58) than offspring of prenatally non-depressed women, but the association was attenuated (OR 1.66, 95% CI 0.55-5.02) when adjusted for gestational age. Offspring of prenatally depressed women had lower gestational age in weeks (OR for one week increase in gestational age: 0.66, 95% CI 0.47-0.93) than offspring of prenatally non-depressed women. There was no association between prenatal depression and birth weight percentile for gestational age.
conclusionsPrenatal depression was not associated with low birth weight at term, but was associated with gestational age, suggesting that association between maternal depression and birth weight may be a reflection of the impact of depression on offspring gestational age.
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