Krista F Huybrechts1, Brian T Bateman2, Kristin Palmsten3, Rishi J Desai4, Elisabetta Patorno1, Chandrasekar Gopalakrishnan4, Raisa Levin4, Helen Mogun4, Sonia Hernandez-Diaz5. 1. Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts2Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. 2. Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts2Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts3Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts. 3. Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla. 4. Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. 5. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
Abstract
IMPORTANCE: The association between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant use during pregnancy and risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) has been controversial since the US Food and Drug Administration issued a public health advisory in 2006. OBJECTIVE: To examine the risk of PPHN associated with exposure to different antidepressant medication classes late in pregnancy. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cohort study nested in the 2000-2010 Medicaid Analytic eXtract for 46 US states and Washington, DC. Last follow-up date was December 31, 2010. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 3,789,330 pregnant women enrolled in Medicaid from 2 months or fewer after the date of last menstrual period through at least 1 month after delivery. The source cohort was restricted to women with a depression diagnosis and logistic regression analysis with propensity score adjustment applied to control for potential confounders. EXPOSURES FOR OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES: SSRI and non-SSRI monotherapy use during the 90 days before delivery vs no use. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Recorded diagnosis of PPHN during the first 30 days after delivery. RESULTS: A total of 128,950 women (3.4%) filled at least 1 prescription for antidepressants late in pregnancy: 102,179 (2.7%) used an SSRI and 26,771 (0.7%) a non-SSRI. Overall, 7630 infants not exposed to antidepressants were diagnosed with PPHN (20.8; 95% CI, 20.4-21.3 per 10,000 births) compared with 322 infants exposed to SSRIs (31.5; 95% CI, 28.3-35.2 per 10,000 births), and 78 infants exposed to non-SSRIs (29.1; 95% CI, 23.3-36.4 per 10,000 births). Associations between antidepressant use and PPHN were attenuated with increasing levels of confounding adjustment. For SSRIs, odds ratios were 1.51 (95% CI, 1.35-1.69) unadjusted and 1.10 (95% CI, 0.94-1.29) after restricting to women with depression and adjusting for the high-dimensional propensity score. For non-SSRIs, the odds ratios were 1.40 (95% CI, 1.12-1.75) and 1.02 (95% CI, 0.77-1.35), respectively. Upon restriction of the outcome to primary PPHN, the adjusted odds ratio for SSRIs was 1.28 (95% CI, 1.01-1.64) and for non-SSRIs 1.14 (95% CI, 0.74-1.74). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Evidence from this large study of publicly insured pregnant women may be consistent with a potential increased risk of PPHN associated with maternal use of SSRIs in late pregnancy. However, the absolute risk was small, and the risk increase appears more modest than suggested in previous studies.
IMPORTANCE: The association between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant use during pregnancy and risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) has been controversial since the US Food and Drug Administration issued a public health advisory in 2006. OBJECTIVE: To examine the risk of PPHN associated with exposure to different antidepressant medication classes late in pregnancy. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cohort study nested in the 2000-2010 Medicaid Analytic eXtract for 46 US states and Washington, DC. Last follow-up date was December 31, 2010. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 3,789,330 pregnant women enrolled in Medicaid from 2 months or fewer after the date of last menstrual period through at least 1 month after delivery. The source cohort was restricted to women with a depression diagnosis and logistic regression analysis with propensity score adjustment applied to control for potential confounders. EXPOSURES FOR OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES: SSRI and non-SSRI monotherapy use during the 90 days before delivery vs no use. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Recorded diagnosis of PPHN during the first 30 days after delivery. RESULTS: A total of 128,950 women (3.4%) filled at least 1 prescription for antidepressants late in pregnancy: 102,179 (2.7%) used an SSRI and 26,771 (0.7%) a non-SSRI. Overall, 7630 infants not exposed to antidepressants were diagnosed with PPHN (20.8; 95% CI, 20.4-21.3 per 10,000 births) compared with 322 infants exposed to SSRIs (31.5; 95% CI, 28.3-35.2 per 10,000 births), and 78 infants exposed to non-SSRIs (29.1; 95% CI, 23.3-36.4 per 10,000 births). Associations between antidepressant use and PPHN were attenuated with increasing levels of confounding adjustment. For SSRIs, odds ratios were 1.51 (95% CI, 1.35-1.69) unadjusted and 1.10 (95% CI, 0.94-1.29) after restricting to women with depression and adjusting for the high-dimensional propensity score. For non-SSRIs, the odds ratios were 1.40 (95% CI, 1.12-1.75) and 1.02 (95% CI, 0.77-1.35), respectively. Upon restriction of the outcome to primary PPHN, the adjusted odds ratio for SSRIs was 1.28 (95% CI, 1.01-1.64) and for non-SSRIs 1.14 (95% CI, 0.74-1.74). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Evidence from this large study of publicly insured pregnant women may be consistent with a potential increased risk of PPHN associated with maternal use of SSRIs in late pregnancy. However, the absolute risk was small, and the risk increase appears more modest than suggested in previous studies.
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