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Table 3 Odds Ratios for poor fetal growth by specific maternal psychiatric diagnoses

From: Maternal psychiatric disease and epigenetic evidence suggest a common biology for poor fetal growth

 

OR

95 % CI

p-value

Depression in pregnancy (n = 46)

   

   Unadjusted

3.90

2.06–7.36

2.8 × 10−05

   Adjusteda

2.86

1.02–8.05

4.6 × 10−02

Anxiety in pregnancy (n = 32)

   

   Unadjusted

3.15

1.51–6.57

2.2 × 10−03

   Adjusteda

2.94

1.09–7.97

3.4 × 10−02

OCD or panic disorder in pregnancy (n =10)b

   

   Unadjusted

8.23

1.73–39.26

8.2 × 10−03

   Adjusteda

2.74

0.46–16.49

2.7 × 10−01

  1. aAdjusted for antidepressant medication, tobacco use, alcohol use, recreational drug use, first pregnancy vs. not first pregnancy, race (white, black, Asian, or other race/unknown), insurance (public, private, military, self-pay), maternal age (<20, 20–34, and >34 years), maternal height, and maternal weight
  2. bThe effect estimate precision in this category is very low due to a small n, but the direction of association is consistent with the other two diagnoses