| Numbers and reasons for exclusion | Left in study |
| Children born September 2000 - August 2001, April 2003 - March 2004: 3130 | 3130 |
| Excluded: | |
| 758 children of intervention mothers | 2372 |
| 26 comparison children whose mothers completed the EPDS | 2346 |
| 204 children of mothers who had moved | 2142 |
| 198 children of mothers who refused to participate or were not invited | 1944 |
| 60 twins | 1884 |
| 417 children whose mothers did not respond (response rate 78 % of 1884) | 1467 |
| 263 children younger than 17 months or older than 20 months | 1204 |
| 36 children whose mothers did not answer the postpartum sadness item | 1168 |