Population-Based Study of Sleep Apnea in Pregnancy and Maternal and Infant Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

To examine the association between sleep apnea and pregnancy outcomes in a large population-based cohort.

Methods

Population-based cohort study using linked birth and hospital records was conducted in New South Wales, Australia. Participants were all women who gave birth from 2002 to 2012 (n = 636,227). Sleep apnea in the year before pregnancy or during pregnancy was identified from hospital records. Outcomes of interest were gestational diabetes, pregnancy hypertension, planned delivery, caesarean section, preterm birth, perinatal death, 5-minute Apgar score, admission to neonatal intensive care or special care nursery, and infant size for gestational age. Maternal outcomes were identified using a combination of hospital and birth records. Infant outcomes c

SUBMITTER: Bin YS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4877320 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature