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. 2019 Aug 5;14(8):e0214180. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214180

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)
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.