Paternal and maternal psychiatric history and risk of preterm and early term birth: A nationwide study using Swedish registers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women with psychiatric diagnoses are at increased risk of preterm birth (PTB), with potential life-long impact on offspring health. Less is known about the risk of PTB in offspring of fathers with psychiatric diagnoses, and for couples where both parents were diagnosed. In a nationwide birth cohort, we examined the association between psychiatric history in fathers, mothers, and both parents and gestational age.

Methods and findings

We included all infants live-born to Nordic parents in 1997 to 2016 in Sweden. Psychiatric diagnoses were obtained from the National Patient Register. Data on gestational age were retrieved from the Medical Birth Register. Associations between parental psychiatric history and PTB were quantified by relative risk (RR) and two-sided 95%

SUBMITTER: Yin W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10358938 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature