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Table 1 Maternal characteristics and maternal/infant outcomes for women prescribed antidepressant(s) at any point throughout pregnancy

From: Does lack of exposure to individual antidepressants at different points during pregnancy associate with reduced risk of adverse newborn outcomes?

Cohort (N = 2741)

Bupropion

Citalopram

Escitalopram

Fluoxetine

Sertraline

Overall cohort

Drug Frequency (women with drug orders)

315 (11.5%)

308 (11.2%)

470 (17.1%)

470 (17.1%)

1443 (52.6%)

3006

Mean maternal age (sd)

29.8 (5.9)

29.9 (5.7)

29.4 (5.5)

29.0 (6.0)

28.5 (5.8)

29.0 (5.8)

Exposure Profile*,b

Throughout pregnancy

56 (17.8%)

58 (18.8%)

86 (18.3%)

90 (19.1%)

268 (18.6%)

558 (18.6%)

Pre-pregnancy, 1st, & 2nd trimesters

23 (7.3%)

21 (6.8%)

34 (7.2%)

23 (4.9%)

103 (7.1%)

204 (6.8%)

Pre-pregnancy & 1st trimester

29 (9.2%)

36 (11.7%)

52 (11.1%)

52 (11.1%)

114 (7.9%)

283 (9.4%)

Pre-pregnancy & 2nd trimester

15 (4.8%)

16 (5.2%)

22 (4.7%)

24 (5.1%)

62 (4.3%)

139 (4.6%)

2nd & 3rd trimesters

25 (7.9%)

23 (7.5%)

28 (6.0%)

37 (7.9%)

95 (6.6%)

208 (6.9%)

Pre-pregnancy

22 (7.0%)

29 (6.4%)

30 (3.4%)

30 (6.4%)

68 (4.7%)

179 (5.6%)

2nd trimester

54 (17.1%)

28 (10.4%)

49 (10.4%)

66 (14.0%)

214 (14.8%)

411 (13.7%)

3rd trimester

74 (23.5%)

67 (21.7%)

127 (27.0%)

107 (22.8%)

393 (27.2%)

768 (25.5%)

Race*

Asian

1 (0.3%)

1 (0.3%)

1 (0.2%)

5 (1.1%)

9 (0.6%)

17 (0.6%)

Black

23 (7.3%)

27 (8.8%)

426 (90.6%)

54 (11.5%)

171 (11.9%)

701 (25.6%)

White

290 (92.1%)

274 (89.0%)

37 (7.9%)

395 (84.0%)

1223 (84.8%)

2219 (80.9%)

Other/Not Identified

1 (0.3%)

1 (0.3%)

1 (0.2%)

4 (0.9%)

8 (0.6%)

15 (0.5%)

Ethnicity

Non-Hispanic/Latina

311 (98.7%

295 (95.8%)

459 (97.7%)

449 (95.5%)

1389 (96.3%)

2903 (96.2%)

Hispanic/Latina

4 (1.3%)

13 (4.2%)

11 (2.3%)

21 (4.5%)

54 (3.7%)

103 (3.8%)

Hospital*

Eskenazi

15 (4.8%)

19 (6.2%)

17 (3.6%)

27 (5.7%)

116 (8.0%)

194 (6.4%)a

IU Health

300 (95.2%)

289 (93.8%)

453 (96.4%)

443 (94.3%)

1327 (92.0%)

2812 (93.5%)a

Insurance*

Commercial

171 (54.3%)

140 (45.5%)

269 (57.2%)

232 (4.4%)

678 (47.0%)

1490 (54.3%)

Government

140 (44.4%)

165 (53.6%)

196 (41.7%)

226 (48.1%)

735 (50.9%)

1285 (46.9%)

Self-Pay/None

4 (1.3%)

3 (1.0%)

5 (1.1%)

12 (2.6%)

30 (2.1%)

54 (2.0%)

Maternal Pregnancy Complications

GDM

35 (11.1%)

28 (9.1%)

36 (7.7%)

43 (9.1%)

132 (9.1%)

274 (10.0%)

HDP

66 (21.0%)

50 (16.2%)

69 (14.7%)

76 (16.2%)

228 (15.8%)

489 (17.8%)

Infant Outcomes

Any Adaptation Syndrome*

16 (5.1%)

30 (9.7%)

47 (10.0%)

29 (6.2%)

71 (4.9%)

193 (7.0%)

NICU Admission*

74 (23.5%)

90 (29.2%)

147 (31.3%)

139 (29.6%)

345 (23.9%)

795 (29.0%)

Preterm Birth

50 (15.9%)

45 (14.6%)

72 (15.3%)

86 (8.3%)

203 (14.1%)

456 (16.6%)

TTN*

28 (8.9%)

41 (13.3%)

60 (12.8%)

75 (16.0%)

153 (10.6%)

357 (13.0%)

  1. Data presented as n (% with characteristic or outcome) in individual groups. 2741 women were in the cohort, with 262 who were prescribed more than one drug, accounting for 3006 drug prescriptions total
  2. Denominator used for % are for women in the cohort or for women exposed to each drug, unless denoted by a where the denominator for the overall cohort column is by the 3006 drug exposures
  3. *Statistically significant rate differences of outcome distribution between the drugs (p < 0.05)
  4. bExposure profile based on when prescription orders were placed for the women relative to their estimated due date with pre-pregnancy being up to 100 days before the date of the last menstrual period, first trimester being the last period up to 14 weeks gestation, second trimester being 15–28 weeks’ gestation, and third trimester being after 28 weeks’ gestation. % given for number of women with exposure at the different times for that drug
  5. sd standard deviation, GDM gestational diabetes, HDP hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, NICU neonatal intensive care unit, TTN transient tachypnea of the newborn