Exposure to the early COVID-19 pandemic and early, moderate and overall preterm births in the United States: A conception cohort approach.

Claire E Margerison Tim-Allen BrucknerColleen MacCallum-BridgesRalph CatalanoJoan A CaseyAlison Gemmill

Published in: Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology (2022)

Exposure to the early COVID-19 pandemic may have promoted longer gestation among close-to-term pregnancies, reduced risk of later preterm delivery among gestations exposed in the first trimester or induced selective loss of gestations.

Keyphrases

gestational age
preterm birth
preterm infants
low birth weight
pregnant women
endothelial cells
drug induced