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Depression and anxiety in early pregnancy and risk for preeclampsia
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OBJECTIVE: To examine whether depression and anxiety in early pregnancy are associated with preeclampsia in an unselected nulliparous population. METHODS: In this prospective population-based study during pregnancy at outpatient maternity clinics in the Helsinki metropolitan area, depression was assessed by a Finnish modification of the short form of the Beck Depression Inventory and anxiety by one established question. Preeclampsia was defined as elevated blood pressure (BP) (more than 140/100 mmHg) and proteinuria (0.3 g during 24 hours or more). Age, smoking, alcohol consumption, marital status, socioeconomic status, and bacterial vaginosis were analyzed as potentially confounding factors in a multiple logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: Six hundred twenty-three consecutive nulliparous women with singleton pregnancies were studied at ten to 17 (median 12) weeks' gestation and at delivery. Of them, 28 (4.5%) women developed preeclampsia. Depression (mean Beck score 4.5, range 3-17) was observed in 185 (30%), women and anxiety was observed in 99 (16%) in early pregnancy. In multivariate analysis, after adjustment for potentially confounding factors, depression was associated with increased risk (odds ratio [OR] 2.5; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.1, 5.4) for preeclampsia, as was anxiety (OR 3.2; 95% CI 1.4, 7.4). Either depression or anxiety, or both, were associated with increased risk (OR 3.1; 95% CI 1.4, 6.9) for preeclampsia. Bacterial vaginosis together with depression was associated with increased risk (OR 5.3; 95% CI 1.8, 15.0) for preeclampsia. CONCLUSION: Depression and anxiety in early pregnancy are associated with risk for subsequent preeclampsia, a risk further increased by bacterial vaginosis.
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- Kurki, T.
- Affiliations
- Social Insurance Institution (FI)
- Corresponding author
- Kurki, T
- Venue
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Published
- 2000-04
- Volume
- 95
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 487-490
- ISSN
- 0029-7844 (ISSN-L)
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- 11.64
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- journal article
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- en
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Neurological Complications and Syndromes
- Keywords
- preeclampsia, depression, anxiety, early pregnancy, nulliparous women, bacterial vaginosis, risk factors, maternal mental health, proteinuria, blood pressure
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Anxiety, Depression, Female, Humans, Pre-Eclampsia, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy Trimester, First, Pregnancy Trimester, Second, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors
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