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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Womens Health Issues. 2022 Oct 28;33(2):191–198. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2022.09.005

Table 4.

Risk of preterm birth stratified by active concurrent depression status among patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who gave birth between 2005 and 2015.

Covariates Crude ORsa for
spontaneous preterm birth,
no active depression
(95% CI)
N=1,250
Crude ORs for
spontaneous preterm birth,
with active depression
(95% CI)
N=1,922
Preeclampsia/eclampsia 2.41 (0.81-7.19) 4.21 (1.76-10.10)
Number of antidepressant dispensations during pregnancyb
0 Ref Ref
1-2 1.53 (0.90-2.61) 1.78 (1.14-2.78)
3-5 1.37 (0.71-2.64) 1.40 (0.87-2.27)
≥6 3.21 (1.75-5.91) 1.92 (1.17-3.13)
a

Run as separate models for preeclampsia/eclampsia and number of antidepressant medication dispensations.

b

1 dispensation defined as number of fills of at least a 7-day supply of antidepressant prescription in the 12 months prior to childbirth.