Table 2.

Associations of antidepressant use patterns during pregnancy with birth outcomes

	Adjusted Relative Risk† (95% CI)
	Continued use vs discontinued use	Continued use vs stopped and reinitiated
Preterm birth	1.86 (1.53, 2.27)	1.66 (1.27, 2.18)
NICU admission	1.76 (1.42, 2.19)	1.85 (1.39, 2.46)

^†Model is adjusted for maternal age (years), race/ethnicity (Asian, non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic, non-Hispanic White, other), education (high school graduate or less, some college, college graduate or more), Medicaid during pregnancy (Y/N), nulliparity (Y/N), alcohol use during pregnancy (Y/N), tobacco use during pregnancy (Y/N), other drug use during pregnancy (Y/N), and maximum Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) score during pregnancy

Note: NICU, neonatal intensive care unit. Additional adjustment for an interaction term between exposure category and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) score was not significant at the α=0.1

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