Table 3.
Risks of postpartum psychiatric episodes in new fathers after delivery of child conceived through IVF treatment.
| All births | Singleton birth | Twin birth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inpatient or outpatient psychiatric treatment |
Adjusted hazard ratios (95% CI) #1 |
No. cases |
No. person- years |
Adjusted HRa (95% CI) |
No. cases |
No. person- years |
Adjusted HRa (95% CI) |
| 0-90 days postpartum |
1.0 (0.5-2.0) |
5 | 2,987 | 0.7 (0.3-1.7) |
4 | 744 | 2.4 (0.9-6.4) |
| 90 + days postpartum |
1.0 (0.9-1.3) |
257 | 81,709 | 1.1 (0.9-1.3) |
60 | 21,685 | 1.0 (0.7-1.3) |
| Noneb | 1.00 | 291 | 99,974 | 1.00 | 489 | 162,240 | 1.00 |
a
Adjustment for adoption, age, calendar year, income, education, Charlson comorbidity Index, psychiatric disorder in spouse, death of spouse, abortion history, and number of IVF treatments. All variables are mutually adjusted.
b
Reference category. For singleton births, non-exposed group is all childless men plus fathers having twins. For twin births, non-exposed group is all childless men plus fathers of singletons.