Risk Factors for Pregnancy-Associated Stroke in Women With Preeclampsia.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Preeclampsia affects 3% to 8% of pregnancies and increases risk of pregnancy-associated stroke (PAS). Data are limited on which women with preeclampsia are at highest risk for PAS.

Methods

Using billing data from the 2003 to 2012 New York State Department of Health inpatient database, we matched women with preeclampsia and PAS 1:3 to preeclamptic controls based on age and race/ethnicity. Pre-defined PAS risk factors included pregnancy complications, infection present on admission, vascular risk factors, prothrombotic states, and coagulopathies. We constructed multivariable conditional logistic regression models to calculate the odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) for independent risk factors for PAS.

Results

Among women aged

SUBMITTER: Miller EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5539968 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature