Paternal Cardiometabolic Conditions and Perinatal Mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies have suggested that men with cardiometabolic conditions may have an increased risk of offspring perinatal mortality. However, this association remains underexplored.

Objectives

We aimed to study the association between fathers' cardiometabolic conditions and offspring perinatal mortality utilising linked data from national health registries in Norway.

Methods

In this population-based cohort study, males registered in the Medical Birth Registry of Norway (MBRN), born 1967-2005, were linked to their singleton offsprings born 2004-2020. The Norwegian Patient Registry and the Norwegian Prescription Database were used to define study exposures: history of hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidaemia, severe obesity or any of these at any time before/during the

SUBMITTER: Win SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12391856 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature