Imipramine

Exposed non-exposed studies (cohort)

Study Country
Study period
Population source Exposure definition Non-exposure definition Sample size Rmk
Kjaersgaard, 2013 Denmark
1997 - 2008
All clinically recognized pregnancies in Denmark with an estimated conception and an observed pregnancy outcome during the study period. Mother that had redeemed a prescription for Imipramine at any time from 30 days before conception up to 1 day before the end of pregnancy. (This is a subgroup of exposure among the whole exposed group considered in the study). unexposed (general population or NOS)
Mother that had not redeemed any prescription for antidepressant medication from 6 months before conception up to 1 day before the end of the pregnancy.
-9 / 983258 Molar or ectopic pregnancies (ICD-10: O00.0– O01.9) were excluded from the main analyses. Unexposed cohort: 1843 plus 981415 = 983258.
Lee (Controls exposed to SSRI), 2025 China
2003 - 2018
All pregnant women aged 15–50 years who gave a singleton livebirth or stillbirth (≥20 weeks of gestation) in public hospitals in Hong Kong between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2018. Women filling at least one prescription of Imipramine only during pregnancy, that is the period between the date of the last menstrual period and the date of delivery. exposed to other treatment, sick
Women filling at least one prescription of any selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) only during pregnancy, that is the period between the date of the last menstrual period and the date of delivery.
64 / 1465
Lee (Controls unexposed, general pop), 2025 China
2003 - 2018
All pregnant women aged 15–50 years who gave a singleton livebirth or stillbirth (≥20 weeks of gestation) in public hospitals in Hong Kong between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2018. Women filling at least one prescription of Imipramine only during pregnancy, that is the period between the date of the last menstrual period and the date of delivery. unexposed (general population or NOS)
Women who were not prescribed with any antidepressant during index pregnancy.
64 / 463440

Case-control studies (cohort)

Study Country
Study period
Case Control Sample size Rmk
Anderson, 2020 USA
1997 - 2011
The case infants were infants born alive or died at 20 SG or more and who had received a diagnosis of at least one selected birth defect. The controls were live-born infants with no major birth defects who were randomly selected from hospital or state birth-certificate records from the same geographic areas. 30630 / 11478 'Infants with recognized or strongly suspected chromosomal abnormalities or single-gene conditions were excluded from the study.'
Kullander, 1976 Sweden
1963 - 1965
Infants with different kinds of malformations. Infants without malformations. 751 / 5002

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