| Study | Country Study period Study design |
Data source | Exposure definition | Non-exposure definition | Exposition period | Sample size (exposed/unexposed) Or (case / control) |
Remarks | Risk of bias |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Yaris 2005 |
Turkey 1999 - 2004 prospective cohort |
Toxicology Information and Follow-up Service, Turkey. | Women who were exposed to Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) during pregnancy for depression, anxiety, and psychotic disorders. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). |
unexposed (general population or NOS)
Women who did not use any drug while pregnant. |
during pregnancy (anytime or not specified) | 7 / 248 | Raw data for Intrauterine exitus not reported because the nb of cases in the unexposed group not clearly stated. Raw data for premature delivery not reported because the denominator is not clearly stated. | |
| Data surveyed by the interviews. | ||||||||
| Study | Country Study period Study design |
Data source | Case | Control | Exposition | Exposition period | Sample size (exposed/unexposed) Or (case / control) |
Remarks | Risk of bias |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Greenberg 1977 |
United Kingdom (England and Wales). 1969 - 1974 case control |
The information passed in the Office of population censuses and surveys (OPCS), United Kingdom. | Children with congenital abnormalities (all minor malformations were eliminated). | Children without congenital abnormalities born in the same practice within 3 months of the date of birth of an abnormal baby. | Medical officers or community physicians were asked to identify the baby and the general practitioner, who was then interviewed by one of the Committee's medical field workers notably about drugs prescribed during the first trimester (only information obtained from written notes was used). | 1st trimester | 836 / 836 | ||
| The doctor, midwife, or health visitor attending the birth of an abnormal baby may report the abnormality to the area health authority. This information is then passed to the OPCS. Though voluntary, it is believed that notification of visible and severe malformations is reasonably complete. | |||||||||
Risk of bias: : NA; : low; : moderate; : serious; : critical; : unclear;