Journal
EPILEPSIA
Volume 55, Issue 11, Pages 1714-1721Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12758
Keywords
Antiepileptic drugs; Pregnancy; Birth weight; Gestational age; Head circumference
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- Danish Epilepsy Society
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ObjectiveWe studied the potential impact of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) on fetal growth and gestational age at birth. MethodsIn the Danish Medical Birth Registry, we identified all pregnancies with birth outcomes from 1997 to 2008 and linked with data from the Danish National Prescription Register. We used binomial regression to study preterm birth (<37weeks), low birth weight (<2,500g), and small for gestational age (SGA), adjusted for potential confounding factors including maternal age, smoking, substance abuse, cohabitation, income, education, and parity. ResultsWe identified 679,762 singletons, and 2,928 (0.4%) of these had been exposed to AEDs. Exposure to AEDs was associated with a risk of preterm birth (adjusted risk ratio (aRR) 1.32; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.16-1.50) when compared to unexposed children. However, when stratifying on maternal epilepsy, there was no association between AED exposure and preterm birth in offspring of women with epilepsy (aRR 1.00; 95% CI 0.82-1.21), whereas there was a risk associated with AED exposure in offspring of women without epilepsy (aRR 1.56; 95% CI 1.27-1.92). AED exposure was associated with a risk of being born with low birth weight (aRR 1.40; 95% CI 1.22-1.60) both for children born of women with epilepsy (aRR 1.32; 95% CI 1.06-1.63) and children born of women without epilepsy (aRR 1.61; 95% CI 1.28-2.02). The risk of being born SGA associated with AED exposure (aRR 1.21; 95% CI 1.10-1.34) was found both in offspring of women with epilepsy (aRR 1.19; 95% CI 1.02-1.37) and without epilepsy (aRR 1.21; 95% CI 1.01-1.45). SignificancePrenatal AED exposure was associated with low birth weight and risk of being born SGA, but only with preterm birth among women without epilepsy.
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