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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-12-2022
Abstract
Mental health disorders such as anxiety and/or depression are the most common mental health disorders seen among reproductive aged women and can increase during pregnancy. Many sociodemographic risk factors have been associated with anxiety and/or depression in pregnancy, which can lead to adverse maternal and infant outcomes including the risk of a hypertensive pregnancy. The current study prospectively examined self-reported anxiety, depression and stress in pregnant women without a history of fetal loss or mood disorders beginning at 20–26 weeks. At each study visit, circulating immune factors associated with perinatal mood disorders were measured in blood samples that were collected. A total of 65 women were eligible for data analysis, 26 of which had hypertensive pregnancies. There was not a significant difference in self-reported depression, anxiety or stress between hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and normotensive women. Black women were more likely to have a hypertensive pregnancy and develop a perinatal mood disorder compared to non-black women. Both the inflammatory cytokines interleukin-17 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha were increased in patients with perinatal mood disorders. However, additional research is needed in a larger sample to truly understand the relationship between these factors along with the underlying etiologies and the associated outcomes.
Relational Format
journal article
Recommended Citation
Araji, S., Griffin, A., Kassahun-Yimer, W., Dixon, L., Spencer, S.-K., Belk, S., Ohaegbulam, G., & Wallace, K. (2022). No association between perinatal mood disorders and hypertensive pregnancies. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 898003. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.898003
DOI
10.3389/fpsyt.2022.898003
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