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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 24.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Psychiatry. 2016 Mar 4;173(6):635–642. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.14121510

TABLE 1.

Vital Status and Total Contributed Person-Years at Risk at End of Follow-Upa

Exposure Categories Deceased (N) Person-Years at Risk
Postpartum-onset mothers 96 33,891
Non-postpartum-onset mothers 5,475 2,324,419
Non-postpartum-onset nonmothers 3,531 929,621
Mothers with no psychiatric history 15,244 37,881,122
Nonmothers with no psychiatric history 9,049 27,304,371
Charlson comorbidity index
 Charlson score of 0b 11,423 64,389,832
 Charlson score ≥1c 21,972 4,083,593
Family history of mental illness
 Negative family historyd 29,070 61,056,776
 Positive family historye 4,325 7,416,649
Alcohol or substance abuse
 Negative historyf 26,379 67,254,815
 Positive historyg 7,016 1,218,610
a

Full definitions of categories are provided in text.

b

Women without medical comorbidities as defined by the absence of a Charlson comorbidity index.

c

Women with medical comorbidities as defined by the presence of a minimum score of 1 on the Charlson comorbidity index.

d

Women with a mother and father without inpatient or outpatient contact with a psychiatric facility.

e

Women with a mother and/or father with at least one inpatient or outpatient contact with a psychiatric facility.

f

Women without a diagnosis of alcohol or substance abuse.

g

Women with at least one diagnosis of alcohol or substance abuse, or with a diagnosis of somatic complications caused by alcohol or substance abuse.