Association of Maternal History of Preterm Birth With Congenital Anomalies in Offspring

Ran Wang^{1

2}, Chao Chen^{1

2}, Jiaxi Huang³, Bing Jia^{3

4}, Qiqi Shi³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, China.
² NHC Key Laboratory of Neonatal Diseases, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
³ Department of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, China.
⁴ Kunshan Maternity and Children's Health Care Hospital, Kunshan, China.

Ran Wang et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2022.

. 2022 Jul 1;5(7):e2223614.

doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.23614.

Ran Wang^{1

2}, Chao Chen^{1

2}, Jiaxi Huang³, Bing Jia^{3

4}, Qiqi Shi³

¹ Department of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, China.
² NHC Key Laboratory of Neonatal Diseases, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
³ Department of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, China.
⁴ Kunshan Maternity and Children's Health Care Hospital, Kunshan, China.

Abstract

This study examines the prevalence of congenital anomalies in infants born to mothers with preterm birth occurring in a previous pregnancy.

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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