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Volume 27, Number 10—October 2021
Synopsis

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 and Pregnancy Outcomes According to Gestational Age at Time of Infection

Dominique A. Badr, Olivier Picone, Elisa Bevilacqua, Andrew Carlin, Federica Meli, Jeanne Sibiude, Jérémie Mattern, Jean-François Fils, Laurent Mandelbrot, Antonio Lanzone, Danièle De Luca, Jacques C. JaniComments to Author , and Alexandre J. Vivanti
Author affiliations: University Hospital Brugmann, Brussels, Belgium (D.A. Badr, A. Carlin, J.C. Jani); Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (D.A. Badr, A. Carlin, J.C. Jani); Louis Mourier Hospital, AP-HP, Colombes, France (O. Picone, J. Sibuide, L. Mandelbrot); Université de Paris, Paris, France (O. Picone, J. Sibuide, L. Mandelbrot); Inserm IAME-U1137, Paris (O. Picone, J. Sibuide, L. Mandelbrot); Groupe de Recherche sur les Infections pendant la Grossesse (GRIG), Velizy, France (O. Picone, J. Sibuide, L. Mandelbrot, A.J. Vivanti); Gemelli University Polyclinic Foundation, Rome, Italy (E. Bevilacqua, F. Melli, A. Lanzone); Antoine Béclère Hospital, AP-HP, Clamart, France (J. Mattern, A.J. Vivanti, D. De Luca); Paris Saclay University, Paris (J. Mattern, D. De Luca, A.J. Vivanti); Ars Statistica, Nivelles, Belgium (J.-F. Fils); Catholic University Sacro Cuore, Rome (A. Lanzone)

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Table 1

Baseline characteristics before and after covariate matching of 10,925 pregnant women in Europe included in final analysis in PregOutCOV study of pregnancy outcomes according to gestational age at time of infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2*

Characteristic
 Before matching
After matching
Unexposed, n = 10,532
 Exposed, n = 393
 ASD†
 Unexposed, n = 10,532
 Exposed, n = 393
 ASD‡
Mean age, y (SD) 33.05 (+5.43) 33.32 (+5.58) 4.93 33.06 (+5.43) 33.08 (+5.49) 0.34
Origin
Europe, Middle East, North Africa 78.37 77.35 2.45 78.34 78.39 0.13
Sub-Saharan Africa, Caribbean 13.79 17.56 10.39 13.93 13.94 0.02
Not mentioned by the patient 6.71 3.82 13.00 6.60 6.56 0.14
Not available
 1.13
 1.27
 1.31
1.14
 1.10
 0.36
Prepregnancy BMI, kg/m2 (SD) 25.16 (+5.09) 26.34 (+5.39) 22.50 25.21 (+5.12) 25.24 (+4.96) 0.55
Multiparity 54.12 58.78 9.40 54.26 54.44 0.36
Smoking 11.18 11.20 0.06 11.19 11.13 0.19
Chronic hypertension 1.35 1.27 0.67 1.34 1.33 0.14

*Values are % pregnant women except as indicated. ASD, absolute standardized difference; BMI, body mass index. †ASDs before matching show heterogeneity between the exposed and unexposed groups. ‡ASDs after matching show a balance between the exposed and unexposed groups.

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