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Table 1 Characteristics of participating mothers and infants (n = 194)

From: Maternal common mental disorders and infant development in Ethiopia: the P-MaMiE Birth Cohort

Characteristics

N (%)

Maternal SRQ score: Median (25th, 75th) Pregnancy

2(1,6)

   2 months postnatal

1(0,3)

   12 months postnatal

1 (0,3)

Maternal age (years). Mean (SD)

27.4 (6.39)

Husband's age (years). Mean (SD)

36.8 (9.33)

No maternal education

170 (87.6)

No paternal education

64 (33.2)

Parity: Primiparous

24 (12.4)

   2 to 4 previous live births

77 (39.7)

   5 or more previous live births

93 (47.9)

Lower relative wealth of the household

111 (57.2)

Hungry in the last 30 days

38 (19.6)

Marital discord scale (0 to 4). Median (25th, 75th)

0 (0,1)

Physically assaulted

7 (3.6)

One or more malarial episodes in pregnancy

37 (19.2)

Maternal BMI (kg/m2) Mean (SD): Pregnancy

21.6 (2.37)

   Postnatal 12 months

20.8 (2.9)

Sees friends ≤ monthly: Pregnancy

39 (20.1)

   Postnatal 2 months

32 (16.7)

Birth weight (kg) Mean (SD)

3.0 (0.4)

Prolonged labour

36 (18.6)

Episodes of fever since birth

57 (29.7)

Episode of diarrhoea since birth

14 (7.3)

Infant gender female

94(48.5)

Infant diarrhoeal episodes in 1st year: 2 or more

104 (53.6)

Weight-for-age Z score in infant. Mean (SD)

-1.02 (1.35)

  1. SRQ = Self-reporting questionnaire, 20-item version; BMI = Body Mass Index