Flunitrazepam

Exposed non-exposed studies (cohort)

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Study period
Population source Exposure definition Non-exposure definition Sample size Rmk
Källén, 2013 Swedish
1996 - 2011
Nearly all births in Sweden during the study period (1,575,847) are registered in The Swedish Medical Birth Register. Infants whose mothers used flunitrazepam in early pregnancy. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). unexposed (general population or NOS)
Infants in population whose mothers used at least one of a central nervous system active drugs (less than 3%) or weren't exposed in early pregnancy.
184 / 1575847 Follow-up period known thanks to author's email reply.
Meng a (Controls unexposed, sibling), 2023 Taiwan
2004 - 2018
All singleton pregnancies of females aged 15–50 years who gave birth during the study period. Sibling with at least one Flunitrazepam prescription received by the mother during early pregnancy (the first 20 weeks of pregnancy). sibling
Discordant matched sibling without benzodiazepine or Z-hypnotic prescriptions from 30 days before the date of the estimated last menstrual period to the end of the 20th week of pregnancy.
-9 / -9 Number of exposures not provided (authors provided number of Exposure discordant pairs and number of Case discordant pairs).
Meng a (Controls unexposed, sick), 2023 Taiwan
2004 - 2018
All singleton pregnancies of females aged 15–50 years who gave birth during the study period. At least one Flunitrazepam prescription received by a mother during early pregnancy (the first 20 weeks of pregnancy). unexposed, sick
Pregnant women with no benzodiazepine or Z-hypnotic prescriptions from 30 days before the date of the estimated last menstrual period to the end of the 20th week of pregnancy.
2612 / 2766866 Use of results obtained with PS-FSW because more exposures, with a sick control group and sensitivity analyses (sibling control study, and paternal negative control design) that obtained similar results.
Noh, 2022 South Korea
2011 - 2018
All pregnancies in women aged 20 to 45 years at delivery resulting in live births from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2018, in South Korea. Pregnant women who filled at least Flunitrazepam prescription during the first trimester (first 90 days of pregnancy). unexposed, sick
Pregnant women who were not prescribed any benzodiazepine from 3 months before the last menstrual period to the end of the first trimester (with similar psychiatric conditions after propensity score).
824 / 3053381 Propensity scored adjusted for indications and led to an unexposed cohort with similar psychiatric conditions => considered as unexposed, sick control groups.

Case-control studies (cohort)

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