Table 6. Association between in-utero lamotrigine exposure and the endpoints duration of pregnancy and size at birth.
Exposed to High/Low Dose, n/n | Difference (95% CI) | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | ||||
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Mean | 10th Percentile | 50th Percentile | 90th Percentile | |||
Pregnancy duration (days) | Preterm birth | |||||
High vs. low dose of lamotrigine | 551 / 547 | -1.8 (-3.8 to 0.2) | -0.9 (-5.1 to 3.3) | -0.6 (-2.6 to 1.3) | -1.1 (-3.2 to 1.0) | 1.3 (0.7 to 2.2) |
Birth weight z-score | SGA | |||||
High vs. low dose of lamotrigine | 557 / 557 | 0.1 (-0.1 to 0.2) | -0.0 (-0.3 to 0.2) | 0.1 (-0.0 to 0.3) | 0.1 (-0.1 to 0.3) | 0.9 (0.3 to 2.1) |
Birth length z-score | ||||||
High vs. low dose of lamotrigine | 548 / 551 | 0.1 (-0.1 to 0.2) | -0.1 (-0.3 to 0.2) | -0.0 (-0.2 to 0.1) | 0.3 (0.1 to 0.5) | |
Birth head circumference z-score | Microcephaly | |||||
High vs. low dose of lamotrigine | 543 / 550 | 0.0 (-0.1 to 0.2) | -0.1 (-0.4 to 0.1) | -0.0 (-0.2 to 0.2) | 0.0 (-0.2 to 0.3) | 0.5 (0.2 to 1.6) |
AED, antiepileptic drug; CI, confidence interval; SGA, small for gestational age.
AED use was ascertained at any time in pregnancy. The reference was the bottom tertile of mean daily dose of lamotrigine (2006–2013). All results were adjusted for birth year, maternal age at delivery, education, country of origin, marital status, body mass index, smoking in current pregnancy, alcohol dependence, diabetes, hypertension, epilepsy, depression, bipolar disorder, migraine, chronic pain, and other psychiatric disorders.