ArticleInternational journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases2022
Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 in Reproductive-Aged Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women in Osaka, Japan.
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- A Multicentric Study on Adverse COVID-19 Outcomes Among Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women in Multidisciplinary Hospitals of Kazakhstan.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Descriptive epidemiology of COVID-19 in Japan 2020: insights from a multihospital database.Annals of clinical epidemiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of reproductive-aged female patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
methodsWe conducted a retrospective study of female patients aged 10-49 years, diagnosed with COVID-19 in Osaka, Japan, between January and November 2020. We assessed their epidemiological and clinical characteristics according to their pregnancy status.
resultsA total of 4,156 patients were enrolled, of whom 29 (0.7%) were pregnant. Most patients exhibited mild symptoms, and 10.8% of the cases were asymptomatic. No moderate or severe cases were observed in pregnant women, whereas only 0.1% of the nonpregnant women had severe disease at diagnosis. No clusters were observed in the pregnant patients; however, most acquired the infection from a family member. Of the 29 pregnant women, 22 (75.9%) were hospitalized; whereas among the nonpregnant women, 579 (14.0%) were hospitalized (p < 0.001). No patients were admitted to the intensive care unit, and there were no deaths among women aged 10-49 years.
conclusionsPregnant women accounted for 0.7% of the total cases of COVID-19 among women aged 10-49 years. Pregnant women were more likely to be hospitalized but generally had mild disease.
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