Effect of initial COVID-19 outbreak during first trimester on pregnancy outcome in Wuxi, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A hospital-based retrospective study was conducted to examine the effect of initial COVID-19 outbreak during first trimester on pregnancy outcome in Wuxi, China.

Methods

Women who delivered children at our hospital during June 2020 to July 2020 (control group), and October 2020 to December 2020 (exposure group) were recruited in the present study. All of the participants were not infected with COVID-19. The last menstrual period (LMP) of the exposure group was between January 24th, 2020 and March 12th, 2020, whilst in the control group, the LMP was between May 12th and October 31st, 2019.

Results

There were 1,456 women in the exposure group and 1,816 women in the control group. Women in the exposure group were more susceptible to hypertension during pregnan

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8778492 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature