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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Womens Health Issues. 2009 Sep–Oct;19(5):325–334. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2009.05.004

Table 3.

Measures of maternal depressive symptoms, depression, and psychiatric medication use during pregnancy in relation to risk of preterm delivery subtypes in the POUCH study (1998–2004).

Preterm Preterm Subtype
N Unadjusted
OR (95% CI)*
Medically
Indicated
35–36 wks:
Unadjusted
OR (95% CI)*
Medically
Indicated
< 35 wks:
Unadjusted
OR (95% CI)*
Spontaneous
35–36 wks:
Unadjusted
OR (95% CI)*
Spontaneous
<35 wks:
Unadjusted
OR (95% CI)*
CES-D score
CES-D < 24 2503 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
CES-D ≥ 24 507 1.0 (0.7, 1.3) 1.0 (0.5, 2.0) 0.8 (0.3, 2.0) 1.1 (0.7, 1.6) 0.7 (0.4, 1.4)
Prepregnancy history of depression (self-report)
No 2392 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Yes 624 1.2 (0.9, 1.6) 1.2 (0.7, 2.2) 1.7 (0.9, 3.3) 1.2 (0.7, 2.2) 0.9 (0.4, 2.3)
Depression during pregnancy (self-report)
No 2901 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Yes 117 1.1 (0.6, 1.9) 0.8 (0.2, 3.4) 3.3 (1.3, 8.6) 0.9 (0.2, 3.6) 0 (0)
Use of medications during pregnancy
No 2822 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Yes 194 1.4 (0.9, 2.1) 1.3 (0.5, 3.2) 2.5 (1.0, 5.9) 1.6 (0.9, 2.8) 0.4 (0.1, 1.8)

Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale

Include psychiatric medication with or without tranquilizers, sedative, and sleeping pills.

*

Term delivery is reference group.