COVID-19: worse outcomes pregnant women

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14808/sci.plena.2022.117501

Keywords:

COVID-19, cross-sectional studies, pregnant women

Abstract

The objective was to compare the clinical picture and outcomes of COVID-19 disease between pregnant and non-pregnant women. For this purpose, a cross-sectional study was carried out using secondary public data on people infected with COVID-19. The sampling process was population-based and paired. The adjustment covariates were COVID-19 region, age group and skin color. A total of 4,458 pregnant women were included and paired 1:1 with 4,458 non-pregnant women, totaling 8,916 women. Risk estimation was performed using Poisson Robusta regression. The presence of at least one comorbidity, and the outcomes of hospitalization and death, had the highest proportions in the group of pregnant women. After controlling for comorbidity, the prevalence of hospitalization and death was 5.21 and 2.49 times higher among pregnant women. It is concluded that the hospitalization and lethality rates in pregnant women were higher when compared to non-pregnant women.

Published

2022-12-14

How to Cite

Boschetti Spanholo , C. ., Malinowski, L. E., Marcondes Guisso de Lima , R., Zilli , . J. B. ., Sant’Anna Alves, A. L., & Bertol Graeff , D. (2022). COVID-19: worse outcomes pregnant women. Scientia Plena, 18(11). https://doi.org/10.14808/sci.plena.2022.117501