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Pregnancy Outcomes in Patients With Hepatitis C Virus Infection.
Pregnancy Outcomes in Patients With Hepatitis C Virus Infection. Obstetrics and gynecology Hughes, B. L., Sandoval, G. J., Saade, G. R., Clifton, R. G., Reddy, U. M., Bartholomew, A., Salazar, A., Chien, E. K., Tita, A. T., Thorp, J. M., Metz, T. D., Wapner, R. J., Sabharwal, V., Simhan, H. N., Swamy, G. K., Heyborne, K. D., Sibai, B. M., Grobman, W. A., El-Sayed, Y. Y., Casey, B. M., Parry, S., Macones, G. A., Prasad, M., Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units (MFMU) Network 2024Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the risks of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes associated with pregnancies complicated by hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.METHODS: This is a secondary analysis of a multicenter prospective cohort study of HCV infection in pregnancy. Participants were screened for HCV infection with serum antibody tests, and each participant with a positive HCV result (case group) was matched with up to two individuals with negative HCV results (control group) prospectively by gestational age (±2 weeks) at enrollment. Maternal outcomes included gestational diabetes, abruption, preeclampsia or gestational hypertension, cholestasis, and preterm delivery. Neonatal outcomes included hyperbilirubinemia, admission to neonatal intensive care (NICU); small-for-gestational-age (SGA) birth weight; and neonatal infection, defined as sepsis or pneumonia. Models were adjusted for maternal age, body mass index, injection drug use, and maternal medical comorbidities.RESULTS: The 249 individuals in the case group were prospectively matched to 486 individuals in the control group who met eligibility criteria. There were significant differences in demographic characteristics between the groups, including race, socioeconomic markers, education, insurance status, and drug and tobacco use. The frequencies of maternal outcomes of gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, and abruption were similar between the case and control groups. Preterm birth was similar between groups, but neonates born to individuals in the case group were more likely to be admitted to the NICU (45.1% vs 19.0%, adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 2.6, 95% CI, 1.8-3.8) and to have SGA birth weights below the 5th percentile (10.6% vs 3.1%, aOR 2.9, 95% CI, 1.4-6.0). There were no increased odds of hyperbilirubinemia or neonatal infection.CONCLUSION: Despite no increased odds of preterm birth or other adverse maternal outcomes in adjusted analyses, maternal HCV infection was associated with twofold increased odds of NICU admission and nearly threefold increased odds of SGA birth weight below the 5th percentile.
View details for DOI 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005703
View details for PubMedID 39173174