First authorref Skovlund1 Zettermark2 Lundin3
Methodological choices Methodological choices Methodological choices Methodological choices
Inclusion of the youngest women Yes Yes No
Following women from start of HC use Yes Yes No
Including events first months after HC start Yes Yes No
Including women having used HC before 15 years Yes Yes No
Using ”never-users” as main reference group No No No
Presenting results also with never-users as reference Yes No Yes
Considering never-users as the least biased ref. group Yes Na No
Including depression with other simultaneous mental diseases* Yes Yes No
Making up depression separately Yes No Yes
Ideological choices
Balanced headline¤ Yes Yes No
Conservative interpretation of misclassification Yes Yes No
Randomised studies may be invalidated” Yes No No