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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2014 Apr 16;23(6):646–655. doi: 10.1002/pds.3627

Table 3.

Proportions of Pregnancies Confirmed to Have Preeclampsia.

Identification Criteria Number of Records Reviewed Number Confirmed Positive Predictive Value (95% Confidence Interval)
Any preeclampsia* 183 121 66.5 (53.6, 77.4)
 No depression and no antidepressants 42 28 66.7 (51.6, 79.0)
 No depression and antidepressants 55 40 72.7 (59.8, 82.7)
 Depression and no antidepressants 49 29 59.2 (45.3, 71.8)
 Depression and antidepressants 37 24 64.9 (48.8, 78.2)
Preeclampsia diagnosis before or on delivery date* 168 120 69.5 (56.0, 80.3)
Preeclampsia during a hospitalization* 131 114 94.5 (84.0, 98.3)
 No depression and no antidepressants 26 25 96.2 (81.1, 99.3)
 No depression and antidepressants 43 39 90.7 (78.4, 96.3)
 Depression and no antidepressants 36 27 75.0 (58.9, 86.3)
 Depression and antidepressants 26 23 88.5 (71.0, 96.0)
Severe preeclampsia* 52 41 80.3 (53.3, 93.6)
Severe preeclampsia during a hospitalization* 44 39 98.5 (89.3, 99.8)
Preeclampsia never during a hospitalization* 52 7 17.5 (6.8, 38.3)
*

Indicates weighted positive predictive values and 95% confidence intervals

The diagnosis date occurred during a hospital admission and was recorded in the inpatient file or the other therapy file.