RT Journal
A1 Suzuki T
T1 MAternal depression and child development after prenatal dha supplementation
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2011
FD January 26
VO 305
IS 4
SP 359
OP 361
DO 10.1001/jama.2011.17
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.17
AB 
To the Editor:  In their randomized controlled trial, Dr Makrides and colleagues1 found that prenatal supplementation with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) compared with placebo did not lower levels of postpartum depression (adjusted relative risk [RR], 0.85; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.70-1.02; P = .09). Depression was defined as a score of greater than 12 on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), which has a possible score range of 0 to 30 with higher scores indicating more severity. However, it is important to examine between-group differences in the actual score in the EPDS as a continuous rather than dichotomous variable.