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Table 1. Prevalence of mental disorders in tested women with the metabolic syndrome and pathological pregnancy  

Metabolic syndrome 

t

*

 p 

SCL 90-R (X±SD) 

No, N=63 

Yes, N=19 

 

 

Somatization 0.80±0.60 

1.70±0.83 

4.84 

<0.001 

Obsessive-compulsive symptoms 

0.68±0.55 

1.53±0.61 

6.45 

<0.001 

Interpersonal vulnerability 

0.57±0.48 1.00±0.32 

5.29 

<0.001 

Depression 0.79±0.48 

1.43±0.51 

5.60 

<0.001 

Anxiety 0.97±0.61 

1.82±0.67 

5.90 

<0.001 

Aggressiveness 0.44±0.42 

0.90±0.36 

4.67 

<0.001 

Phobias 0.29±0.38 

0.64±0.36 

3.85 

<0.001 

Paranoia 0.49±0.45 

0.91±0.32 

5.26 

<0.001 

Psychotic features 

0.36±0.31 

0.67±0.29 

4.18 

<0.001 

Nonspecific symptoms 

0.87±0.52 

1.60±0.59 

5.88 

<0.001 

*

Student t-test 

 

Table 2. Prevalence of mental disorders in relation to body weight of pregnant women and BMI (Body Mass Index) 

Body weight 

F

*

 p 

SCL 90-R (X±SD) 

Normal 

Moderate 

obesity

Obesity   

Somatization 

0.77±0.59 0.93±0.73 1.02±0.74 

1.37 

0.257 

Obsessive-compulsive symptoms 

0.65±0.53 0.81±0.67 0.88±0.65 

1.60 

0.205 

Interpersonal vulnerability 

0.48±0.37 0.70±0.53 0.65±0.44 

3.20 

0.043

a

 

Depression 0.79±0.51 

0.87±0.53 0.96±0.54 

1.21 

0.300 

Anxiety 

0.91±0.62 1.11±0.70 1.21±0.67 

2.01 

0.138 

Aggressiveness 

0.39±0.36 0.53±0.48 0.56±0.44 

0.30 

0.739 

Phobias 

0.28±0.39 0.35±0.42 0.37±0.35 

0.74 

0.479 

Paranoia 

0.44±0.42 0.60±0.48 0.55±0.46 

1.65 

0.196 

Psychotic 

features 

0.36±0.32 0.42±0.33 0.42±0.33 

0.50 

0.605 

Nonspecific 

symptoms 

0.84±0.47 0.96±0.59 1.10±0.64 

2.22 

0.112 

*

One-way variance analysis;     

a

Post hoc Sheffe test;     p=0.046 

Table 3. Results of laboratory tests of glucose, lipids and cholesterol in women with normal weight, 

moderate obesity and obesity  

Body weight 

F

*

 p 

Variable (X±SD) 

Normal Moderate 

obesity

Obesity 

 

 

GUK 

4.34±0.73 4.49±0.98 4.95±1.18 

4.70 

0.010

a

 

Triglycerides 

2.37±0.85 2.74±1.20 2.77±1.13 

1.87 

0.158 

Cholesterol 

 

6.95±2.02 6.81±1.35 6.80±1.23 

0.13 

0.876 

HDL 

1.62±0.39 1.55±0.55 1.45±0.38 

1.46 

0.235 

LDL 

4.01±1.01 4.02±0.91 4.22±0.94 

0.73 

0.484 

*

One-way variance analysis; 

a

Post hoc Sheffe test, p=0.017 

a

Significantly higher levels of GUK in pregnant women who were obese in relation to pregnant women with normal weight.

 

DISCUSSION 

By analyzing the women with normal and 

pathological pregnancies, a significant statistical 

difference was noticed in psychological symptoms 

and disorders. This indicates that women who are 

hospitalized and who have pathological pregnancy 

have more mental disorders when compared to 

women with normal pregnancy. In this study, the 

women were given a questionnaire where for some 

items they selected options that were either 

moderately high or very high. The women with 

normal pregnancy provided 40.6% of 1, 2, 3, and 4 

answers. Those with pathological pregnancy 

responded with 61%, which represents a 

significant statistical difference. 

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Vedran Bjelanović, Dragan Babić, Vajdana Tomić, Marko Martinac, Monika Tomić & Ivan Kuvačić: METABOLIC SYNDROME AND 

PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS IN PATHOLOGICAL PREGNANCY        Psychiatria Danubina, 2009; Vol. 21, No. 4, pp 589–593 

 

 

 

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