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. 2014 Nov 3;9(11):e111327. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111327

Table 3. Analyses of Neonatal Abstinence Score in infants exposed to antidepressants in utero, born at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge 1 Jan 2007 to 30 June 2009.

All antidepressants citalopram sertraline fluoxetine Other antidepressants p
Scoring performed (n[%]) 205 [93%] 71 [92%] 71 [93%] 33 [97%] 30 [91%] 0.5
Number of scoring occasions
(mean [SD] [range]) 8.4 [3.0] [2–27] 8.5 [2.7] [3][18] 8.4 [2.9] [2][20] 8.4 [4.4] [2–27] 8.3 [2.2] [5][13] 0.66††
Neonatal abstinence (n[%])
No abstinence 152 [74%] 51 [72%] 53 [75%] 24 [73%] 24 [80%]
Mild abstinence * 46 [22%] 18 [25%] 16 [23%] 7 [21%] 5 [17%]
Severe abstinence ** 7 [3%] 2 [3%] 2 [3%] 2 [6%] 1 [3%] 0.85***

*two or more scorings of 4–7.

**two or more scorings of 8 or above.

***Multiple ordinal regression, adjusted for infant sex and 5 min Apgar.

Chi square test.

††

Kruskal Wallis.

other antidepressants (n = 33): escitalopram (13 patients), venlafaxine (11), paroxetine (8) and duloxetine (1).