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Comment
. 2021 Aug;9(8):e1063-e1064.
doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00295-3.

COVID-19 and maternal and perinatal outcomes

Lizbeth Burgos Ochoa  1 , Meredith Brockway  2 , Sarah J Stock  3 , Jasper V Been  4
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Comment

COVID-19 and maternal and perinatal outcomes

Lizbeth Burgos Ochoa et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Aug.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

SJS reports grants supplied to the University of Edinburgh by the Wellcome Trust, the National Institute of Healthcare Research, the Chief Scientist Office, and the Medical Research Council. LBO and JVB were authors on Been and colleagues (2020). MB and SJS are co-leads for the iPOP study and JVB is on the iPOP data analysis team.

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Forest plot of pooled ORs for the association between start of the COVID-19 pandemic and the incidence of preterm birth (<37 weeks gestation) within high-income countries Results from random effects inverse-variance meta-analysis. ORs derived from Chmielewska and colleagues and Been and colleagues. df=degrees of freedom. OR=odds ratio.
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Comment in

  • COVID-19 and maternal and perinatal outcomes.
    Aranda Z, Fulcher IR, Hedt-Gauthier B, Mugunga JC, Binde T. Aranda Z, et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Aug;9(8):e1065. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00297-7. Lancet Glob Health. 2021. PMID: 34297959 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
  • COVID-19 and maternal and perinatal outcomes - Authors' reply.
    Chmielewska B, Barratt I, Townsend R, Kalafat E, van der Meulen J, Gurol-Urganci I, O'Brien P, Morris E, Draycott T, Thangaratinam S, Le Doare K, Ladhani S, von Dadelszen P, Magee LA, Khalil A. Chmielewska B, et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Aug;9(8):e1066. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00293-X. Lancet Glob Health. 2021. PMID: 34297960 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Comment on

  • Correction to Lancet Glob Health 2021; 9: e759-72.
    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Jun;9(6):e758. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00223-0. Lancet Glob Health. 2021. PMID: 34019834 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
  • COVID-19 and maternal and perinatal outcomes.
    Leisher SH; International Stillbirth Alliance. Leisher SH, et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Aug;9(8):e1061. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00296-5. Lancet Glob Health. 2021. PMID: 34297956 No abstract available.
  • COVID-19 and maternal and perinatal outcomes.
    Calvert C, John J, Nzvere FP, Graham WJ. Calvert C, et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Aug;9(8):e1062. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00302-8. Lancet Glob Health. 2021. PMID: 34297957 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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