Maternal, infant, and environmental risk factors for sudden unexpected infant deaths: results from a large, administrative cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Many studies of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) have focused on individual domains of risk factors (maternal, infant, and environmental), resulting in limited capture of this multifactorial outcome. The objective of this study was to examine the geographic distribution of SUID in San Diego County, and assess maternal, infant, and environmental risk factors from a large, administrative research platform.

Study design

Births in California between 2005 and 2017 were linked to hospital discharge summaries and death files. From this retrospective birth cohort, cases of SUID were identified from infant death files in San Diego County. We estimated adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) for infant, maternal, and environmental factors and SUID in multivariable Cox regression

SUBMITTER: Bandoli G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9310558 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature