Lu Ban
Congenital anomalies in children of mothers taking antiepileptic drugs with and without periconceptional high dose folic acid use: a population-based cohort study
Ban, Lu; Fleming, Kate M.; Doyle, Pat; Smeeth, Liam; Hubbard, Richard B.; Fiaschi, Linda; Tata, Laila J.
Authors
Kate M. Fleming
Pat Doyle
Liam Smeeth
RICHARD HUBBARD richard.hubbard@nottingham.ac.uk
Blf/Gsk Professor of Epidemiological Resp Research
LINDA FIASCHI LINDA.FIASCHI@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Principal Research Fellow
Dr LAILA TATA laila.tata@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Epidemiology
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Antenatal antiepileptic drug (AED) use has been found to be associated with increased major congenital anomaly (CA) risks. However whether such AED-associated risks were different according to periconceptional high dose (5mg daily) folic acid supplementation is still unclear.
METHODS: We included 258,591 singleton live-born children of mothers aged 15-44 years in 1990-2013 from The Health Improvement Network, a large UK primary care database. We identified all major CAs according to the European Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies classification. Absolute risks and adjusted odds ratios (aOR) were calculated comparing children of mothers prescribed AEDs to those without such prescriptions, stratified by folic acid prescriptions around the time of conception (one month before conception to two months post-conception).
RESULTS: CA risk was 476/10,000 in children of mothers with first trimester AEDs compared with 269/10,000 in those without AEDs equating to an aOR of 1.82, 95% confidence interval 1.30-2.56. The highest system-specific risks were for heart anomalies (198/10,000 and 79/10,000 respectively, aOR 2.49,1.47-4.21). Sodium valproate and lamotrigine were both associated with increased risks of any CA (aOR 2.63,1.46-4.74 and aOR 2.01,1.12-3.59 respectively) and system-specific risks. Stratification by folic acid supplementation did not show marked reductions in AED-associated risks (e.g. for CAs overall aOR 1.75, 1.01-3.03 in the high dose folic acid group and 1.94, 95%CI 1.21-3.13 in the low dose or no folic acid group); however, the majority of mothers taking AEDs only initiated high dose folic acid from the second month of pregnancy.
CONCLUSIONS: Children of mothers with AEDs in the first trimester of pregnancy have a 2-fold increased risk of major CA compared to those unexposed. We found no evidence that prescribed high dose folic acid supplementation reduced such AED-associated risks. Although statistical power was limited, prescribing of folic acid too late for it to be effective during the organogenic period or selective prescribing to those with more severe morbidity may explain these findings.
Citation
Ban, L., Fleming, K. M., Doyle, P., Smeeth, L., Hubbard, R. B., Fiaschi, L., & Tata, L. J. (2015). Congenital anomalies in children of mothers taking antiepileptic drugs with and without periconceptional high dose folic acid use: a population-based cohort study. PLoS ONE, 10(7), Article 131130. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131130
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 27, 2015 |
Publication Date | Jul 6, 2015 |
Deposit Date | May 19, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | May 19, 2016 |
Journal | Plos One |
Electronic ISSN | 1932-6203 |
Publisher | Public Library of Science |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 10 |
Issue | 7 |
Article Number | 131130 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131130 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/757496 |
Publisher URL | http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0131130 |
Related Public URLs | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4492893/ |
Contract Date | May 19, 2016 |
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