Analyzing Uncontrolled Confounding of the Perinatal Health Effects of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection During Pregnancy

Onyebuchi A Arah^{1

2

3}, Sheena G Sullivan^{1

4

5}, Deshayne B Fell^{6

7}, Annette K Regan^{1

8}

Affiliations

¹ Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
² Department of Statistics, College of Letters and Science, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
³ Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
⁴ WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Influenza, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁶ School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ School of Nursing and Health Professions, University of San Francisco, Orange, California, USA.

PMID: 35543276
PMCID: PMC9384079
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiac194

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Analyzing Uncontrolled Confounding of the Perinatal Health Effects of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection During Pregnancy

Onyebuchi A Arah et al. J Infect Dis. 2022.

. 2022 Nov 1;226(9):1678-1680.

doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiac194.

Authors

Onyebuchi A Arah^{1

2

3}, Sheena G Sullivan^{1

4

5}, Deshayne B Fell^{6

7}, Annette K Regan^{1

8}

Affiliations

¹ Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
² Department of Statistics, College of Letters and Science, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
³ Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
⁴ WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Influenza, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁶ School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ School of Nursing and Health Professions, University of San Francisco, Orange, California, USA.

PMID: 35543276
PMCID: PMC9384079
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiac194

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Conflict of interest statement

Potential conflicts of interest . All authors: No reported conflicts of interest. All authors have submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Conflicts that the editors consider relevant to the content of the manuscript have been disclosed.

Comment on

SARS-CoV-2 Infection During Pregnancy and Associated Perinatal Health Outcomes: A National US Cohort Study.
Regan AK, Arah OA, Fell DB, Sullivan SG. Regan AK, et al. J Infect Dis. 2022 Mar 2;225(5):759-767. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab626. J Infect Dis. 2022. PMID: 34958090 Free PMC article.
The Potential Confounders Hiding in a United States Cohort About Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection During Pregnancy.
Shih PY, Chou YH, Wei JC. Shih PY, et al. J Infect Dis. 2022 Nov 1;226(9):1678. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiac193. J Infect Dis. 2022. PMID: 35543484 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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