ArticleBeijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences2026
[Association between periconception maternal cold and heat exposure and the risk of congenital heart disease in offspring in China].
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the associations between maternal exposure to cold and heat exposure during the three months before pregnancy and early pregnancy and the risk of congenital heart disease (CHD) in offspring, and to identify critical exposure windows and modifying factors.
methodsThis nationwide cohort study included women aged 20-49 years with complete pregnancy outcome follow-up from the National Free Pre-pregnancy Check-ups Project (NFPCP) database between January 1, 2014 and April 21, 2020. Meteorological data from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Reanalysis v5 (ERA5) dataset were linked to residential addresses. Cold and heat exposure were defined based on relative thresholds stratified by climate zone: heat and cold were defined as temperatures above the 90th percentile or below the 10th percentile, respectively, of the location-specific temperature distribution during each exposure window. Cox proportional hazards models were used to analyze the associations between cold and heat exposure during the three months before pregnancy and early pregnancy and the risk of CHD, and to calculate hazard ratios (
resultsA total of 6 322 635 women aged 20-49 years with complete pregnancy outcome follow-up were included, and 1 478 cases of CHD were diagnosed among their offspring. The analysis showed that heat exposure during the three months before pregnancy was significantly associated with an increased risk of CHD in offspring (
conclusionHeat exposure during the three months before pregnancy might increase the risk of congenital heart disease in offspring, and this risk was elevated in both women aged ≥30 years and male fetuses. Furthermore, heat exposure during early pregnancy significantly increased the risk of congenital heart disease in offspring among women with BMI ≥24 kg/m
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