TY - JOUR
T1 - Identification of women at high risk of postpartum psychiatric episodes
T2 - A population-based study quantifying relative and absolute risks following exposure to selected risk factors and genetic liability
AU - Johannsen, Benedicte M W
AU - Larsen, Janne Tidselbak
AU - Liu, Xiaoqin
AU - Madsen, Kathrine Bang
AU - Maegbaek, Merete Lund
AU - Albiñana, Clara
AU - Bergink, Veerle
AU - Laursen, Thomas M
AU - Bech, Bodil H
AU - Mortensen, Preben Bo
AU - Nordentoft, Merete
AU - Børglum, Anders D
AU - Werge, Thomas
AU - Hougaard, David M
AU - Agerbo, Esben
AU - Petersen, Liselotte Vogdrup
AU - Munk-Olsen, Trine
N1 - © 2023 The Authors. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2024/11
Y1 - 2024/11
N2 - BACKGROUND: We quantified relative and absolute risks of postpartum psychiatric episodes (PPE) following risk factors: Young age, past personal or family history of psychiatric disorders, and genetic liability.METHODS: We conducted a register-based study using the iPSYCH2012 case-cohort sample. Exposures were personal history of psychiatric episodes prior to childbirth, being a young mother (giving birth before the age of 21.5 years), having a family history of psychiatric disorders, and a high (highest quartile) polygenic score (PGS) for major depression. PPE was defined within 12 months postpartum by prescription of psychotropic medication or in- and outpatient contact to a psychiatric facility. We included primiparous women born 1981-1999, giving birth before January 1st, 2016. We conducted Cox regression to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) of PPE, absolute risks were calculated using cumulative incidence functions.RESULTS: We included 8174 primiparous women, and the estimated baseline PPE risk was 6.9% (95% CI 6.0%-7.8%, number of PPE cases: 2169). For young mothers with a personal and family history of psychiatric disorders, the absolute risk of PPE was 21.6% (95% CI 15.9%-27.8%). Adding information on high genetic liability to depression, the risk increased to 29.2% (95% CI 21.3%-38.4%) for PPE.CONCLUSIONS: Information on prior personal and family psychiatric episodes as well as age may assist in estimating a personalized risk of PPE. Furthermore, additional information on genetic liability could add even further to this risk assessment.
AB - BACKGROUND: We quantified relative and absolute risks of postpartum psychiatric episodes (PPE) following risk factors: Young age, past personal or family history of psychiatric disorders, and genetic liability.METHODS: We conducted a register-based study using the iPSYCH2012 case-cohort sample. Exposures were personal history of psychiatric episodes prior to childbirth, being a young mother (giving birth before the age of 21.5 years), having a family history of psychiatric disorders, and a high (highest quartile) polygenic score (PGS) for major depression. PPE was defined within 12 months postpartum by prescription of psychotropic medication or in- and outpatient contact to a psychiatric facility. We included primiparous women born 1981-1999, giving birth before January 1st, 2016. We conducted Cox regression to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) of PPE, absolute risks were calculated using cumulative incidence functions.RESULTS: We included 8174 primiparous women, and the estimated baseline PPE risk was 6.9% (95% CI 6.0%-7.8%, number of PPE cases: 2169). For young mothers with a personal and family history of psychiatric disorders, the absolute risk of PPE was 21.6% (95% CI 15.9%-27.8%). Adding information on high genetic liability to depression, the risk increased to 29.2% (95% CI 21.3%-38.4%) for PPE.CONCLUSIONS: Information on prior personal and family psychiatric episodes as well as age may assist in estimating a personalized risk of PPE. Furthermore, additional information on genetic liability could add even further to this risk assessment.
KW - epidemiology
KW - perinatal mental health
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U2 - 10.1111/acps.13622
DO - 10.1111/acps.13622
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 37871908
SN - 0001-690X
VL - 150
SP - 385
EP - 394
JO - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
JF - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
IS - 5
M1 - 13622
ER -