Zhifeng Guo, Wangquan Ji, Mengqing Yan, Yang Shi, Teng Chen, Fanghui Bai, Yu Wu, Zhe Guo, Linlin Song
{"title":"Global, Regional and National Burden of Maternal Obstructed Labour and Uterine Rupture, 1990-2021: Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.","authors":"Zhifeng Guo, Wangquan Ji, Mengqing Yan, Yang Shi, Teng Chen, Fanghui Bai, Yu Wu, Zhe Guo, Linlin Song","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13156","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.13156","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Maternal obstructed labour and uterine rupture (MOLUR) are among the major maternal labour complications that threaten maternal and child health.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this study was to systematically analyse the global burden of MOLUR using the Global Burden of Disease 2021 (GBD 2021) database to inform further improvements in maternal-related public health policies.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Incidence and disability-adjusted life-year (DALY) data on MOLUR from 1990 to 2021 were collected in the GBD 2021. The joinpoint and Bayesian age-period-cohort models were used to analyse and predict time burden trends. The slope index and concentration index were used to evaluate health inequality. Frontier analysis was used to visualise the potential for burden reduction in individual countries or territories.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In 2021, 13,471,093 (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 8,938,373, 19,008,282) incident cases of MOLUR were reported worldwide, which caused 1,067,270 (95% UI 896,161, 1,275,042) DALYs. Over the past three decades, there has been an overall downward trend in the age-standardised incidence rate (ASIR) and age-standardised DALY rate (ASDR) of MOLUR globally, with the ASIR decreasing from 554.0 (95% UI 355.6, 786.3) per 100,000 in 1990 to 347.0 (95% UI 228.8, 489.4) in 2021. The ASDR decreased from 65.4 (95% UI 56.0, 75.7) per 100,000 in 1990 to 27.0 (95% UI 22.7, 32.2) in 2021. By 2040, the global ASIRs and ASDRs projections for MOLUR will likely continue to decline. Socioeconomic-related inequalities are narrowing, but the burden remains concentrated in low socioeconomically developed countries. Israel and Afghanistan showed the largest differences from the frontier boundaries of ASIR and ASDR.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although the global burden of MOLUR has declined in the last three decades, it remains high and is still concentrated in economically underdeveloped countries. The reduction in DALYs attributable to MOLUR globally reflects significant progress in improving maternal health and reducing complications of childbirth.</p>","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"135-145"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142807193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Paediatric Type 1 Diabetes Still Remains a Challenge.","authors":"Martina Persson","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13180","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.13180","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"230-231"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11866732/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143067118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Maternal Weight, Child Mind: Is Poor Cognitive Development a Foregone Conclusion?","authors":"Amy R Nichols","doi":"10.1111/ppe.70001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.70001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":"39 2","pages":"175-176"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143516525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Placentation, Hypertensive Disorders, and Neonatal Outcomes.","authors":"Alexander M Friedman","doi":"10.1111/ppe.70006","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.70006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"133-134"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143441603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Courtney Dow, Elsa Lorthe, Jonathan Y Bernard, Cédric Galera, Laetitia Marchand-Martin, Muriel Tafflet, Pierre-Yves Ancel, Marie-Aline Charles, Barbara Heude
{"title":"Maternal Prepregnancy Obesity and Offspring Intelligence Quotient at 5 Years: A Multicohort Analysis.","authors":"Courtney Dow, Elsa Lorthe, Jonathan Y Bernard, Cédric Galera, Laetitia Marchand-Martin, Muriel Tafflet, Pierre-Yves Ancel, Marie-Aline Charles, Barbara Heude","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13157","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.13157","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The relationship between maternal obesity and childhood cognitive development remains unclear. Prior studies did not adjust for important confounders, and preterm infants are a developmentally distinct group that remains scarcely examined.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To determine whether maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) is associated with offspring intelligence quotient (IQ) up to 5 years and whether this relationship varies with gestational age.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data from two French birth cohorts, EDEN (all gestational ages) and EPIPAGE-2 (preterm children born between 24 and 34 weeks of gestation), were used for this study. Maternal prepregnancy weight and height were used to calculate prepregnancy BMI. The Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence was used to assess child IQ around 5 years. Multivariable models were adjusted for confounders, including socioeconomic status and paternal BMI.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Analytical cohorts included 1100 children from EDEN and 2629 from EPIPAGE-2. Lower intellectual functioning (full-scale IQ < 85) was observed in 8.1% of children in EDEN and 19.6% in EPIPAGE-2. The prevalence of maternal obesity was 13.6% (EDEN) and 21.3% (EPIPAGE-2) among children with lower intellectual functioning compared to 8.9% (EDEN) and 12.9% (EPIPAGE-2) among children with normal intellectual functioning. Maternal prepregnancy obesity was associated with an approximately 3-point decrease in full-scale IQ scores in fully adjusted models (adjusted β -2.8, 95% confidence interval [CI] -5.6, -0.1 and -2.6, 95% CI -4.7, -0.6 in EDEN and EPIPAGE-2, respectively). In EDEN, maternal obesity was associated with lower scores in the verbal IQ domain. Among infants born preterm (EPIPAGE-2), maternal obesity was associated with lower scores in the processing, reasoning, and verbal IQ domains. Adjustment for paternal BMI did not change the magnitude of the relationship with maternal obesity.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>High maternal prepregnancy BMI is associated with child cognitive development around 5 years of age.</p>","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"162-174"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11866737/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142952681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mandy S Hall, Holly R Harris, Sawsan As-Sanie, Kristen Upson
{"title":"Early-Life Exposures and Odds of Adenomyosis: A Population-Based Case-Control Study.","authors":"Mandy S Hall, Holly R Harris, Sawsan As-Sanie, Kristen Upson","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13165","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.13165","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Adenomyosis can confer life-altering symptoms such as pelvic pain. Yet, the epidemiologic study of this uterine condition lags other gynaecologic conditions. This includes the investigation of intrauterine exposures that could disrupt foetal development and contribute to the presence of adenomyosis in adulthood.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>We investigated nine early-life factors and the odds of adenomyosis using data from a population-based case-control study of enrollees of an integrated healthcare system in Washington State ages 18-59.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Cases (n = 386) had incident, pathology-confirmed adenomyosis diagnosed between 2001 and 2006. Two control groups were employed: hysterectomy controls (n = 233) and randomly selected age-matched enrollees with an intact uterus ('population controls', n = 323). The primary study activity was a structured in-person interview; participants were also mailed a family history questionnaire that included questions on early-life factors. We conducted logistic regression to estimate adjusted odds ratios (aOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the associations between early-life factors and adenomyosis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Comparing cases to population controls, our data suggested an 80% increased odds of adenomyosis with younger maternal age at participant's birth (≤ 19 vs. ages 25-29) (aOR 1.81, 95% CI 0.94, 3.50) and a 50% increased odds of adenomyosis for participants who were the fourth or later live birth (vs. firstborn) (aOR 1.51, 95% CI 0.88, 2.59). Among never-smoking participants, our data suggested a 50% increased odds of adenomyosis with intrauterine exposure to cigarette smoking (aOR 1.50, 95% CI 0.92, 2.46). In analyses using hysterectomy controls, these associations were attenuated.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These data suggested that several intrauterine exposures were associated with increased odds of adenomyosis in adulthood. The intrauterine period may be a susceptible window for subsequent development of adenomyosis and warrants further investigation.</p>","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"187-195"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11866745/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142952568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zeina Jamaluddine, Lorena Suarez Idueta, Enny S Paixao, Julia M Pescarini, Hala Ghattas, Miho Sato, Akihiro Seita, Luis A Martinez-Juarez, Mauricio L Barreto, Eric O Ohuma, Louise T Day, Oona M R Campbell, Hannah Blencowe
{"title":"Post-term births as a risk factor for small for gestational age births and infant mortality in Brazil, Mexico, and Palestinian refugees: An analysis of electronic birth records.","authors":"Zeina Jamaluddine, Lorena Suarez Idueta, Enny S Paixao, Julia M Pescarini, Hala Ghattas, Miho Sato, Akihiro Seita, Luis A Martinez-Juarez, Mauricio L Barreto, Eric O Ohuma, Louise T Day, Oona M R Campbell, Hannah Blencowe","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13137","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.13137","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Post-term pregnancy, defined as reaching or exceeding 42 + 0 weeks of gestation, is known to be associated with unfavourable birth outcomes. High-income countries have responded to this risk by widely adopting labour induction protocols in late-term, but many low- and middle-income countries have not. However, understanding underlying mechanisms linking post-term births to adverse newborn and infant outcomes remains limited.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate the (a) prevalence of post-term, (b) the risk factors associated with post-term (c) the association between post-term births and the risk of small-for-gestational-age (SGA) neonates and of infant mortality in middle-income settings.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used existing electronic datasets from the general population of Brazil, Mexico, and Palestinian refugees. Regression models were used to explore the associations between post-term birth and SGA and infant mortality.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We analysed 21,335,033 live births in Brazil (2011-2018), 23,416,126 in Mexico (2008-2019), and 966,102 in Palestinian refugees (2010-2020) (N = 45,717,261). Post-term deliveries accounted for 3.1% of births in Brazil, 1.2% in Mexico, and 2.1% in Palestinian refugees. Post-term births had approximately three times the risk of resulting in SGA neonates compared to term births. Additionally, post-term neonates exhibited a 15% to 40% increased risk of infant mortality compared to term infants. Notably, post-term SGA neonates faced a significantly increased risk of infant mortality compared to term appropriate for gestational age neonates.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings emphasise the critical significance of implementing induction strategies to prevent post-term pregnancies and mitigate the associated risks of SGA neonates and subsequent infant mortality. Moreover, the study highlights the importance of accurately determining gestational age and using INTERGROWTH-21st charts to improve the identification of SGA cases, enabling targeted interventions. This is especially relevant because post-term SGA neonates may not exhibit low birthweight (a commonly used risk marker) and, therefore, may miss out on required specialised attention.</p>","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"149-158"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11866736/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142648430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Association Between Gestational Age and Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Yiman Zhai, Hao Gou, Xiangjuan Sun","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13170","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.13170","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>With genetics thought to explain a portion of the overall risk of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), environmental risk factors in early life have been proposed. Previous studies on the incidence of T1DM in children or adolescents by gestational age at birth have yielded inconsistent results.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To clarify the association between gestational age at birth and T1DM in childhood/adolescence and to offer evidence-based support for the prevention or screening of T1DM.</p><p><strong>Data sources: </strong>PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library were searched from the inception of the databases to February 7, 2024.</p><p><strong>Study selection and data extraction: </strong>Data were extracted using a standardised form created a priori, and quality was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS).</p><p><strong>Synthesis: </strong>Due to the diversity of gestational age groups in the original studies, a Bayesian network meta-analysis was performed to discuss the association of different gestational ages with the risk of T1DM in childhood/adolescence.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 13 studies on children/adolescents with T1DM were included. Compared with the gestational age of 39-40 weeks, gestational ages of < 37 weeks (odds ratio [OR] 1.35, 95% credible interval [CrI] 1.19, 1.53), 33-36 weeks (OR 1.19, 95% CrI 1.11, 1.27), and 37-38 weeks (OR 1.26, 95% CrI 1.21, 1.30) were correlated with an increased risk of T1DM, whereas gestational ages of < 32 weeks (OR 0.61, 95% CrI 0.43, 0.88) and < 33 weeks (OR 0.72, 95% CrI 0.59, 0.87) were correlated with a lower risk.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A higher risk of T1DM was observed in infants born early term or preterm compared to full-term infants. However, the results of this network meta-analysis indicate that extremely or very preterm infants were less likely to develop T1DM. Further studies are needed to validate this in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"220-229"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143024169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"To What End? Clarifying the Purpose and Value of Birth Cohorts.","authors":"David A Savitz","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13169","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.13169","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"218-219"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142966391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Obstructed Labour and Uterine Rupture in the Global Burden of Disease 2021 Study: A Metric Requiring Nuanced Interpretation.","authors":"Justin S Brandt, Sasha Hernandez","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13172","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.13172","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"146-148"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143390873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}