Changes in the prevalence of maternal chronic conditions during pregnancy: A nationwide age-period-cohort analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate temporal changes in the prevalence of pre-existing chronic conditions among pregnant women in Sweden and evaluate the extent to which secular changes in maternal age, birth cohorts and obesity are associated with these trends.

Design

Population-based cross-sectional study.

Setting

Sweden, 2002-2019.

Population

All women (aged 15-49 years) who delivered in Sweden (2002-2019).

Methods

An age-period-cohort analysis was used to evaluate the effects of age, calendar periods, and birth cohorts on the observed temporal trends.

Main outcome measures

Pre-existing chronic conditions, including 17 disease categories of physical and psychiatric health conditions recorded within 5 years before childbirth, presented as prevalence rates and

SUBMITTER: Lundborg L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11612608 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature