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. 2017 Jun 1;357:j2350. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j2350

Table 3.

Results from analyses of different comparisons

Exposures Crude estimate Model 1* Model 2† Model 3‡
Hazard ratio (95% CI) P value Hazard ratio (95% CI) P value Hazard ratio (95% CI) P value Hazard ratio (95% CI) P value
Antidepressants (preconception user v never user)§:
 Before pregnancy 2.91 (2.35 to 3.61) <0.01 2.74 (2.24 to 3.40) <0.01 1.77 (1.37 to 2.29) <0.01 1.76 (1.36 to 2.30) <0.01
SSRIs (preconception user v never user)¶:
 Before pregnancy 2.91 (2.12 to 3.98) <0.01 2.65 (1.93 to 3.62) <0.01 1.43 (1.02 to 2.01) 0.04 1.20 (0.83 to 1.72) 0.33
Non-SSRIs (preconception user v never user)**:
 Before pregnancy 3.12 (2.43 to 3.99) <0.01 2.94 (2.29 to 3.77) <0.01 1.91 (1.44 to 2.53) <0.01 1.84 (1.36 to 2.47) <0.01
Mother psychiatric disorder in never users††:
 Before pregnancy 2.02 (1.68 to 2.44) <0.01 1.94 (1.61 to 2.35) <0.01 -- -- -- --
 During pregnancy 1.96 (1.65 to 2.32) <0.01 1.84 (1.54 to 2.18) <0.01 -- -- -- --
Gestational SSRI user v gestational non-SSRI antidepressant user ‡‡:
 Before pregnancy 0.83 (0.50 to 1.37) 0.46 0.83 (0.47 to 1.48) 0.53 0.82 (0.46 to 1.46) 0.50 0.82 (0.46 to 1.46) 0.50
 During pregnancy 0.75 (0.44 to 1.28) 0.30 0.73 (0.40 to 1.34) 0.31 0.70 (0.38 to 1.29) 0.25 0.70 (0.38 to 1.29) 0.25
Gestational antidepressants user v gestational antipsychotics user§§:
 Before pregnancy 1.24 (0.71 to 2.19) 0.45 1.45 (0.80 to 2.61) 0.22 1.47 (0.82 to 2.66) 0.20 -- --
 During pregnancy 1.15 (0.69 to 1.92) 0.59 1.19 (0.69 to 2.04) 0.53 1.27 (0.73 to 2.18) 0.40 -- --
Gestational antidepressants user v preconception user¶¶ :
 During pregnancy 0.81 (0.57 to 1.15) 0.24 0.82 (0.57 to 1.19) 0.30 0.76 (0.52 to 1.11) 0.15 0.75 (0.51 to 1.10) 0.14

*Adjusted for maternal age at delivery, infant’s sex, birth year, birth hospital, parity, maternal underlying illness before delivery (pre-existing diabetes, epilepsy, gestational diabetes, hypertension), and socioeconomic status.

†Adjusted for all factors in model 1 and maternal psychiatric conditions.

‡Adjusted for all factors in model 2 and other psychiatric drug use.

§ADHD cases: 88 in preconception users, 5476 in never users.

¶ADHD cases: 39 in preconception users, 5476 in never users.

**ADHD cases: 66 in non-SSRI users, 5476 in never users.

††Identified by ICD-9-CM (international classification to disease, ninth revision, clinical modification) diagnosis code 290-319, defined as yes or no. ADHD cases: 136 in mother with psychiatric disorder, 5326 in never users.

‡‡ADHD cases: 18 in SSRI uers, 31 in non-SSRI users.

§§ADHD cases: 74 in antidepressant users, 21 in antipsychotic users.

¶¶ADHD cases: 74 in gestation users, 88 in preconception users.