Association between peripartum cardiomyopathy and mood disorders in a large, national U.S. cohort
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Objective
To examine the association between mood disorders in pregnancy and postpartum and peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM).
Methods
Retrospective cohort study utilizing the National Inpatient Sample from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality of pregnant and postpartum patients from 2017-2019. Patients were separated into two groups based on ICD-10 coding for presence or absence of mood disorder (depression, bipolar depression, anxiety, or other mood diagnosis). The primary outcome was diagnosis of PPCM. Secondary outcomes included a composite of adverse cardiac events and maternal death. Groups were compared via t-tests, chi-squared analysis, and logistic regression that included all variables that differed between groups with p<0.05.
Results
Over 2.2 million subjects were analyzed and approximately 168,000 (7.4%) had an ICD-10 diagnosis of mood disorder. Those with mood disorders were more likely to be non-Hispanic white, obese, tobacco users, publicly insured, have comorbidities, and deliver at a large, private, non-profit hospital (all p<0.05). They were delivered at an earlier gestational age and were also more likely to undergo cesarean (37.0±4.6 vs 37.8±3.7 weeks and 35.8% vs 31.8%, respectively)., p<0.001). The primary outcome of PPCM was identified more than twice as often in those with mood disorder (0.12% vs 0.05%, p<0.001). Composite cardiac events, consisting of incidence of acute myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest, cardioversion, cardiac failure, and pulmonary edema were more frequent among patients with mood disorders (0.36% vs 0.14%, p<0.001). After controlling for confounders, PPCM remained independently associated with diagnosis of mood disorders (aOR 1.36, 95%CI 1.03-1.80) as did the composite of adverse cardiac events (aOR 1.57, 95% CI 1.37-1.81).
Conclusion
Mood disorders in pregnancy and postpartum are associated with increased rates of PPCM and other cardiac events.
