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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addiction. 2021 Jun 9;116(12):3504–3514. doi: 10.1111/add.15582

Table 3.

Adjusted association between each marginal week of MOUD use in pregnancy and maternal, perinatal, and neonatal outcomes

Outcome Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)
1 week 5 weeks 10 weeks 20 weeks
Postpartum MOUD continuationa 1.95 (1.87,2.04) 18.00 (15.18,21.35) 25.49 (22.29,29.16) 43.74 (38.48,49.72)
Overdoseb 0.98 (0.97,0.99) 0.91 (0.87,0.95) 0.83 (0.76,0.91) 0.67 (0.56,0.82)
Term Low Birthweightc 1.00 (0.99,1.00) 0.98 (0.96,1.01) 0.96 (0.92,1.01) 0.93 (0.84,1.02)
Preterm Birthd 0.99 (0.99,1.00) 0.96 (0.94,0.98) 0.93 (0.89,0.96) 0.86 (0.79,0.92)
NASe 1.41 (1.35,1.47) 4.14 (3.54,4.86) 3.33 (2.98,3.71) 2.71 (2.46, 2.98)

From multivariable logistic regression models (log-binomial model for overdose) adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, psychiatric disorders, non-OUD substance use disorders, tobacco use disorder, alcohol use disorder, maternal HIV or HCV infection ncy, and any prescription use of either SSRIs, gabapentins, or benzodiazepines. Models for term low birthweight and preterm birth were also adjusted for chronic hypertension, diabetes mellitus, gestational diabetes mellitus, gestational hypertensive disorders. Weeks duration of MOUD in pregnancy is modeled as a continuous exposure for overdose, term low birthweight, and preterm birth; and as a restricted cubic spline term for postpartum MOUD use and NASS. Robust sandwich estimator was used to account for non-independence of observations within each person.

a

Postpartum MOUD utilization is any utilization in first 12 weeks after delivery

b

Overdose defined as any overdose event in pregnancy or within 12 weeks after delivery

c

Term low birthweight is <2500 g among infants born at >=37 weeks gestation

d

Preterm birth is <37 weeks gestation

e

NOWS is based on diagnoses in the first 90 days of life, excluding codes indicating iatrogenic withdrawal.