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Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2020 Aug 13;6(3):310–320. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2020.08.003

Table 3.

Effects of antidepressants on maternal and child parameters.

Measure mean (SD)	Antidepressant N = 22	None N = 139	Significance P =
CESD Depression scale 16 wks gestation	18.7 (12.4)	13.2 (8.7)	0.012
CESD 22 wks	17.0 (11.8)	12.6 (9.1)	0.045
CESD 28 wks	15.4 (9.0)	13.7 (9.6)	0.4
CESD 34 wks	16.9 (11.8)	13.5 (9.8)	0.1
CESD 40 wks	14.0 (7.7)	11.5 (8.8)	0.2
CESD 46 wks (postpartum)	14.4 (8.7)	10.7 (9.2)	0.1
Analyses of antidepressants controlled for CESD 16 weeks gestation, mean (SE)
P50_S2μV adjusted for P50_S1μV	0.84 (1.02)	0.82 (0.40)	0.9
Male fetus C-reactive Protein 16 weeks gestation mg/L	9.24 (1.0)	7.49 (0.93)	0.4
Female fetus cortisol 2^nd trimester log pg/mg hair	1.14 (0.16)	0.86 (0.06)	0.1