Preterm birth rates were slightly lower in Denmark during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the previous 4 years.

Bo Mølholm HansenHeidi CuetoJesper Padkaer PetersenGitte ZachariassenPia Sønderby ChristensenMorten BreindahlUlrik Schiøler KesmodelTine Brink Henriksen

Published in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2022)

This comparative study showed a small reduction in just over 4%, from 6.29 to 6.02% in the proportion of all preterm births during the pandemic period, compared with the previous four pandemic-free years. There were no differences between subcategories of preterm births.

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gestational age
low birth weight
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coronavirus disease
preterm infants