
DHA contents of mothers’ milk and prevalence rates of
postpartum depression. Postpartum
prevalence rates for Australia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, The United States were derived by meta-analysis. All
other countries are represented by a single study, see text. DHA content of
mother’s milk is expressed as the weight percent of docosahexaenoic acid of
mature milk. A simple Pearson’s product moment correlation was used for
regression analysis (r5 20.84, p,0.0001).This Figure is from J.R.
Hibbeln,
Journal of Affective Disorders 69(2002) 15-29.