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Escitalopram updated on 07-01-2025

Low Apgar score (< 7) (at 1 min)

R analysis

id	Study	Lib. in paper	Exposition period	Study type All studies Case control excluded Only case control	Control type	Tags	OR 95%CI	x1/n1 x0/n0	no cases	no exposed	ROB	Ref.
S18435 R78131	Lee (Controls exposed to TCAs), 2025	1-minute Apgar score <7	during pregnancy (anytime or not specified)	retrospective cohort (claims database)	exposed to other treatment, sick excluded	Adjustment: No Monotherapy: substance alone among all Antidep (SSRI, SNRI, ...)	0.49 [0.12;2.10] ^C excluded (control group)	2/71 34/613	36	71		ref
S18414 R77826	Lee (Controls unexposed, general pop), 2025	1-minute Apgar score <7	during pregnancy (anytime or not specified)	retrospective cohort (claims database)	unexposed (general population or NOS)	Adjustment: Yes Monotherapy: substance alone among all Antidep (SSRI, SNRI, ...)	0.67 [0.16;2.73]	2/71 14,883/463,440	14,885	71		ref
					Total	1 studies	0.67 [0.16;2.77]		14,885	71
x1: number of endpoints among exposed, n1: number of exposed; x0: number of endpoints among non exposed, n0: number of non exposed; ^C: calculated odds ratio from numbers of events and effectives

Forest plot

1: Controls unexposed, general pop;

Sensitivity analysis

Publication bias and p-hacking diagnosis

funnel plot

Funnel plot not drawn. Less than 3 points.

Asymetry test p-value = NaN (by Egger's regression)

not enought points

p values plot

Funnel plot not drawn. Less than 3 points.

Sub-groups analysis using all included studies

excluded 18435