ArticleBMJ open2017
Examining the association between maternal atopy and birth outcomes using a retrospective cohort in the southeastern region of the USA.
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- Sensitisation patterns and allergy outcomes in pregnant women living in the urban area.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess birth outcomes in primiparous women with diagnosis of non-asthmatic atopy (NAA). Researchers hypothesised that women with NAA would have reduced the risk of adverse birth outcomes compared with women without NAA. NAA is defined as having allergic rhinitis and/or atopic dermatitis.
settingWomen were mostly treated in primary care settings in South Carolina, USA.
participantsThis is a retrospective cohort study in which participants were identified using a Medicaid database. Participants were primiparous women aged 19 to 25. Births occurring between 2004 and 2014 were identified using the South Carolina's Vital Statistics (VS) records of live births. Incomplete records (ie, information on plural birth, gestational age at birth or birth weight missing), plural births or infants born before completing 24 weeks of gestation were excluded. This provided 65 650 complete maternal-infant dyads, representing 97.6% of the maternal records and 96.9% of the VS records. Women previously diagnosed with NAA were frequency matched 1:4 to non-atopic controls for a total of 9965 maternal-infant dyads used in the statistical analysis. PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Low birth weight, small for gestational age and preterm birth.
resultsLinear tests for trend were statistically significant (p<0.001), indicating that NAA was associated with improved birth weight and gestational age at birth. After controlling for potential confounders, mothers with NAA had equal risk for each outcome when compared with mothers with no diagnosis of NAA.
conclusionA diagnosis of NAA among women living in the southeastern region of the USA does not reduce the risk of adverse birth outcomes nor does it elevate the risk of same. Additional studies with more rigorous designs are warranted to confirm the findings in this study.
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