Pregnancy and risk of COVID-19: a Norwegian registry-linkage study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the risk of acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and contact with specialist healthcare services for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) between pregnant and non-pregnant women.

Population or sample

All women ages 15-45 living in Norway on 1 March 2020 (n = 1 033 699).

Methods

We linked information from the national birth, patient, communicable diseases and education databases using unique national identifiers.

Main outcome measure

We estimated hazard ratios (HR) among pregnant compared to non-pregnant women of having a positive test for SARS-CoV-2, a diagnosis of COVID-19 in specialist healthcare, or hospitalisation with COVID-19 using Cox regression. Multivariable analyses adjusted for age, marital status, educa

SUBMITTER: Magnus MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8652518 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature