Assessing the relationship between adverse pregnancy outcomes and area-level deprivation in Wales 2014-2019: a national population-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between deciles of area-level deprivation and seven adverse pregnancy outcomes in Wales.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis.

Setting

64 699 live births in Wales from 31 March 2014 to 16 September 2019.

Primary outcome variable

We examined each of the following seven adverse pregnancy outcomes: (1) small for gestational age (SGA); (2) large for gestational age; (3) preterm birth; (4) third-degree or fourth-degree perineal tear; (5) major postpartum haemorrhage (MPPH); (6) a lower Apgar score at 5 min and (7) emergency caesarean section.

Results

There was no significant association between increasing aggregate measures of area-level deprivation and the adverse pregnancy outcomes we studied. Women

SUBMITTER: Brown H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8601077 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature