Table 2.
Antidepressant use during pregnancya | Cases | Total number | Person years | Crude hazard ratio | Adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI)b |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prescription of N05AA Phenothiazines with aliphatic side-chain antipsychotic: | |||||
Discontinuation group | 135 | 1005 | 11,044 | 1 | 1 (ref) |
Continuation group | 15 | 107 | 1197 | 1.04 | 0.89 (0.50, 1.57) |
Prescription of N05AB Phenothiazines with piperazine structure antipsychotic: | |||||
Discontinuation group | 91 | 636 | 7839 | 1 | 1 (ref) |
Continuation group | 22 | 171 | 1662 | 1.37 | 0.92 (0.54, 1.57) |
Prescription of N05AF Thioxanthene derivatives antipsychotic: | |||||
Discontinuation group | 405 | 3720 | 31,591 | 1 | 1 (ref) |
Continuation group | 97 | 599 | 5251 | 1.40 | 1.28 (1.01, 1.62) |
Prescription of N05AH Diazepines, oxazepines, thiazepines and oxepines antipsychotic: | |||||
Discontinuation group | 129 | 2085 | 11,145 | 1 | 1 (ref) |
Continuation group | 59 | 826 | 4578 | 1.09 | 1.01 (0.72, 1.41) |
Prescription of N05AX Other antipsychotics: | |||||
Discontinuation group | 112 | 1169 | 7631 | 1 | 1 (ref) |
Continuation group | 19 | 238 | 1450 | 0.91 | 0.83 (0.50, 1.40) |
aNumbers for N05AC Phenothiazines with piperidine structure, N05AD Butyrophenone derivatives, N05AE Indole derivatives, N05AG Diphenylbutylpiperidine derivatives and N05AL Benzamides were too small to meet Danish regulations for reporting.
bAdjusted for maternal age at delivery, primiparity, in- and outpatient psychiatric treatment from 2 years before pregnancy until delivery, prescriptions for other psychotropic drugs during pregnancy, prescriptions for antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy, number of non-psychiatric hospital visits during pregnancy, smoking during pregnancy, marital status, highest education, calendar year of delivery and paternal psychiatric history at time of delivery.