Analysis of a potential correlation between anxiety and birth
weight percentile
There was a negative correlation between STAIt score and birth weight
percentile (r=-0.228, p=0.047) (Figure 2). There was also a negative
correlation between STAIs score and birth weight percentile, but it was
not statistically significant (r=-0.183, p=0.060). Other neonatal
biometric parameters (HC and Lt) did not show a correlation with STAIt
or STAIs.
There was a negative correlation between STAIs score and gestational age
at the beginning of the lockdown period (r=-0.223, p=0.022), which means
that the lower the gestational age when lockdown started, the higher the
state anxiety during pregnancy. However, gestational age at the
beginning of the lockdown did not show any correlation with birth weight
(r=0.115, p=0.242). On the other hand, there was a certain correlation
between gestational age at the beginning of the lockdown period and
birth weight percentile (r=0.170, p=0.082).