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. 2021 Nov 8;47(3):759–766. doi: 10.1038/s41386-021-01223-y

Table 2.

Hazard ratios of psychiatric disorders among children of mothers with continued use of specific types of antipsychotic, compared with mothers with discontinued use.

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.