Pregnancy complicated with hepatitis B virus infection and preterm birth : a retrospective cohort study

© 2021. The Author(s)..

BACKGROUND: We aimed to investigate whether maternal chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection affects preterm birth (PTB) in pregnant women.

METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed HBV-infected and non-infected pregnant women attending antenatal care at Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Fuzhou, China between January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2018. Participants were divided into HBV infection (n = 1302) and control (n = 12,813) groups. We compared baseline data, pregnancy and perinatal complications, and preterm delivery outcomes between groups. Performed multiple logistics regression analysis to adjust for confounding factors. Finally, we compared early PTB outcome between different HBV DNA level groups.

RESULTS: The incidence of preterm birth (gestation less than 37 weeks) was similar between the groups, early preterm birth (gestation less than 34 weeks) were significantly more among the HBV infection group than among the controls (1.6% VS. 0.8%; P = 0.003). After adjusting for confounding factors through logistics regression, HBV infection was found to be an independent early PTB risk factor gestation (adjusted odds ratio 1.770; 95% confidence interval [1.046-2.997]). The incidence of early PTB in < 500 group, 500 ~ 2.0 × 10e5 group and > 2.0 × 10e5 group was not statistically significant (P = 0.417).

CONCLUSION: HBV infection is an independent risk factor for early PTB, and the risk did not seem to be influenced by the levels of HBV DNA. Comprehensive programs focusing on pregnant women with HBV infection would reduce the incidence of adverse outcomes.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

BMC pregnancy and childbirth - 21(2021), 1 vom: 17. Juli, Seite 513

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zheng, Shuisen [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Huale [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Rongxing [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Jianying [VerfasserIn]
Han, Qing [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

DNA, Viral
Hepatitis B virus
Journal Article
Logistics regression
Preterm birth
Retrospective cohort study

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Date Completed 16.11.2021

Date Revised 16.11.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12884-021-03978-0

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM32819316X