Prevalence of maternal chronic diseases during pregnancy - a nationwide population based study from 1989 to 2013.

Line Riis JølvingJan NielsenUlrik Schiøler KesmodelRasmus Gaardskaer NielsenSigne Sparre Beck-NielsenBente Mertz Nørgård

Published in: Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica (2017)

We found an increasing prevalence of maternal chronic disease during pregnancy and more than a four-fold increased risk of maternal chronic disease during pregnancy for childbirths in the period 2009 through 2013, compared with 1989 through 1993. The main limitation of our study is related to a potentially greater awareness and hence more careful registration of maternal chronic disease over time and thereby an increased tendency to register diseases.

Keyphrases

birth weight
pregnancy outcomes
risk factors
gestational age
pregnant women
body mass index