Objective
This population-based study aimed to assess the relation between herpangina and adverse
pregnancy outcomes: low birthweight (LBW), small for gestational age (SGA), and preterm
delivery.
Study Design
A total of 242 pregnant women who had singleton births and who visited ambulatory
care centers for the treatment of herpangina were assessed, together with 1936 matched
women as a comparison group. Conditional logistic regression analyses were performed
to examine the risk of LBW, preterm birth, and SGA for mothers with herpangina and
unaffected mothers.
Results
Compared with pregnant women without herpangina, herpangina was associated with a
2.29- (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.42–3.69), 1.67- (95% CI, 1.04–2.68), and 1.63-fold
(95% CI, 1.14–2.33) increased risk of having LBW, preterm, and SGA infants, respectively,
after adjusting for family income and maternal and infant characteristics.
Conclusion
Our findings highlight a significant potential risk posed by herpangina, a usually
mild disease, among pregnant women.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: April 26, 2010
Accepted:
February 10,
2010
Received in revised form:
November 19,
2009
Received:
August 5,
2009
Footnotes
Cite this article as: Chen Y-H, Lin H-C, and Lin H-C. Increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes among women affected by herpangina. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;203:49.e1-7.
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