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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Med. 2015 Aug 5;45(16):3481–3489. doi: 10.1017/S0033291715001385

Table 1. Incidence rate ratios of first-onset depression, adjustment and remaining diagnoses 0–3 months and 4–12 months postpartum in primiparous mothersa.

Pre-eclampsia
No pre-eclampsia
Postpartum diagnostic
groups
0–3 months
postpartum
4–12 months
postpartum
0–3 months
postpartum
4–12 months
postpartum
Unipolar depression 2.85 (1.84–4.42) 1.25 (0.84–1.84) 2.11 (1.83–2.43) 1 (reference category)
n 21 27 325 456
Adjustment disorder 4.04 (2.85–5.72) 1.54 (1.10–2.14) 2.29 (2.02–2.61) 1 (reference category)
n 34 38 420 537
Other disorders 1.90 (1.17–3.07) 0.99 (0.67–1.47) 1.49 (1.29–1.72) 1 (reference category)
n 17 26 289 570

Data are given as incidence rate ratio (95% confidence interval).

a

Adjusted for age, calendar period, birth complications (number of diagnoses related to childbirth), reproductive history, somatic co-morbidities (Charlson co-morbidity index) and family history of psychiatric disorders. If a woman had records of more than one of the diagnoses of interest (dual diagnoses), she contributed with information in more than one category.