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study aimed investigate effects weight gain maternal anemia postpartum depression prospective singlecenter casecontrol study recorded demographic characteristics blood ferritin level weight gain pregnancy study planned april 2023 june 2023 obstetrics gynecology clinic ankara etlik city hospital total 109 patients enrolled study patients assessed edinburgh postpartum depression scale weight gain nutritional education educational level mode delivery pregnancy history asked person ferritin levels onset labor determined detect anemia twin births births due fetal anomalies intrauterine stillbirths patients systemic infections patients diagnosed psychiatric disorder past 6 months whose records accessible excluded study pregnancy weight gain percentage pregnancy weight gain higher serum ferritin levels nutritional education pregnancy lower postpartum depression group p0001 parameters statistical significance identified risk factors regression analysis postpartum depression p005 receiver operating characteristics analysis 15 kg weight gain 288 percentage weight gain pregnancy 19 ngdl serum ferritin level identified cutoff values p0001 nutritional education vitamin supplementation recommended pregnant women routine examinations