Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0775 |
| Title: | Health of children born to mothers who had preeclampsia: a population-based cohort study |
| Author(s): | Wu CS, Nohr EA, Vestergaard M, et al. |
| Reference: | Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Sep;201(3):269.e1-269.e10 |
| Place of Study: | Denmark |
| Abstract: | Population-based cohort study of 1,618,481 singletons born in Denmark (1978-2004) with up to 27 years of follow-up. Cox regression to estimate the associations between preeclampsia and long-term health outcomes of the offspring.
Children born at term exposed to preeclampsia had an increased risk of a variety of diseases, such as endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases (incidence rate ratio, 1.6; 95% confidence interval, 1.5-1.7), and diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs (incidence rate ratio, 1.5; 95% confidence interval, 1.3-1.8). Children born preterm exposed to preeclampsia had a similar pattern of hospitalizations compared with the children born preterm unexposed to preeclampsia, although they had a decreased risk of cerebral palsy (incidence rate ratio, 0.7; 95% confidence interval, 0.6-0.9).
CONCLUSION: Preeclampsia was associated with an increased risk of being hospitalized for a number of diseases, especially in the children born at term. |
| Keyword(s): | intellectual development, Intellectual quotient, IQ, pre-eclampsia, pre-eclampsis, preeclampsia, preeclampsia, preeclampsia |
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