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Postpartum Depression and Subsequent Autoimmune Diseases in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT: Postpartum depression (PPD) is one of the most common examples of postnatal morbidity, but the subsequent risks of autoimmune diseases in patients with PPD have yet to be fully investigated. This nationwide population-based study utilized data of the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan for the period from 1996 to 2013. In total, 45,451 women with primiparity were identified. Among them, 542 patients with PPD were enrolled as a study group while 2165 matched patients without PPD were enrolled as a control group. The demographic characteristics and comorbidities of the patients were analyzed, and Cox regression analysis was applied to calculate the hazard ratios for the risk of autoimmune diseases. Of the 2707 women enrolled in this study, 469 (17.3%) patients with newly diagnosed autoimmune diseases were identified, including 123 (22.7%) in the PPD group and 346 (16%) in the non-PPD group. After adjusting for confounding factors, it was determined that the patients with PPD had a significantly higher risk of subsequent autoimmune diseases (adjusted hazard ratio (aHR): 1.61, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.30?1.99; p < 0.001). Specifically, increased risks of pernicious anemia (aHR: 3.85, 95% CI: 2.06?7.22), rheumatoid arthritis (aHR: 2.62, 95% CI: 1.28?5.39), and Graves' disease (aHR: 1.57, 95% CI: 1.05?2.33) were observed in the PPD group. This study demonstrated that patients with PPD have higher risks of subsequent autoimmune diseases, especially pernicious anemia, rheumatoid arthritis, and Graves' disease. This useful information provides physicians with clues regarding the associations between autoimmune diseases and PPD.

SUBMITTER: Lin CY

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6121646 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Postpartum Depression and Subsequent Autoimmune Diseases in Taiwan.

Lin Chien-Yu CY Li Cheng-Kai CK Liu Jui-Ming JM Hsu Ren-Jun RJ Chuang Heng-Chang HC Chang Fung-Wei FW

International journal of environmental research and public health 20180820 8

Postpartum depression (PPD) is one of the most common examples of postnatal morbidity, but the subsequent risks of autoimmune diseases in patients with PPD have yet to be fully investigated. This nationwide population-based study utilized data of the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan for the period from 1996 to 2013. In total, 45,451 women with primiparity were identified. Among them, 542 patients with PPD were enrolled as a study group while 2165 matched patients without PPD ...[more]

PMID: 30127260

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