Maternal asthma in Australian indigenous women and perinatal outcomes: A whole population-linked study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the association between maternal asthma and adverse perinatal outcomes in an Australian Indigenous population.

Methods

This prospective cohort study included all Indigenous mother and baby dyads for births from 2001 to 2013 in Western Australia (n = 25 484). Data were linked from Western Australia Births, Deaths, Midwives, Hospital, and Emergency Department collections. Maternal asthma was defined as a self-reported diagnosis at an antenatal visit or hospitalization or emergency visit for asthma during pregnancy or less than 3 years before pregnancy. Associations with birth, labor, and pregnancy outcomes were assessed using generalized estimating equations. Asthma exacerbation during pregnancy and stratification by remoteness was also assessed.

Results

SUBMITTER: Brew BK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10952457 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature