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. 2024 Feb 16;5(1):120-131.
doi: 10.1089/whr.2023.0092. eCollection 2024.

Influence of Socioeconomic Status on the Association Between Pregnancy Complications and Premature Coronary Artery Disease: Linking Three Cohorts

Adeel Khoja  1   2   3 , Prabha H Andraweera  1   2   3 , Rosanna Tavella  1   4 , Tiffany K Gill  1 , Gustaaf A Dekker  1   2   5 , Claire T Roberts  1   2   6 , Suzanne Edwards  6 , Margaret A Arstall  3   7
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Influence of Socioeconomic Status on the Association Between Pregnancy Complications and Premature Coronary Artery Disease: Linking Three Cohorts

Adeel Khoja et al. Womens Health Rep (New Rochelle). .

Abstract

Background: We hypothesized that there is an influence of socioeconomic status (SES) on association between pregnancy complications and premature coronary artery disease (PCAD) risk.

Materials and methods: This project involved a data linkage approach merging three databases of South Australian cohorts using retrospective, age-matched case-control study design. Cases (n = 721), that is, women aged <60 years from Coronary Angiogram Database of South Australia (CADOSA) were linked to South Australian Perinatal Statistics Collection (SAPSC) to ascertain prior pregnancy outcomes and SES. Controls (n = 194) were selected from North West Adelaide Health Study (NWAHS), comprising women who were healthy or had health conditions unrelated to CAD, age matched to CADOSA (±5 years), and linked to SAPSC to determine prior pregnancy outcomes and SES. This project performed comparative analysis of SES using socioeconomic indexes for areas-index of relative socioeconomic advantage and disadvantage (SEIFA-IRSAD) scores across three databases.

Results: Findings revealed that SEIFA-IRSAD scores at the time of pregnancy (p-value = 0.005) and increase in SEIFA-IRSAD scores over time (p-value = 0.040) were significantly associated with PCAD. In addition, when models were adjusted for SEIFA-IRSAD scores at the time of pregnancy and age, risk factors including placenta-mediated pregnancy complications such as preterm birth (odds ratio [OR] = 4.77, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.74-13.03) and history of a miscarriage (OR = 2.14, 95% CI: 1.02-4.49), and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors including smoking (OR = 8.60, 95% CI: 3.25-22.75) were significantly associated with PCAD. When the model was adjusted for change in SEIFA-IRSAD scores (from CADOSA/NWAHS to SAPSC) and age, pregnancy-mediated pregnancy complications including preterm birth (OR = 4.40, 95% CI: 1.61-12.05) and history of a miscarriage (OR = 2.09, 95% CI: 1.00-4.35), and CVD risk factor smoking (OR = 8.75, 95% CI: 3.32-23.07) were significantly associated with PCAD.

Conclusion: SES at the time of pregnancy and change in SES were not associated with PCAD risk.

Keywords: coronary artery disease; data linkage; databases; pregnancy complications; premature; socioeconomic status.

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No competing financial interests exist.

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Case–control study design including SES comparative analyses—Diagrammatic illustration of the linkage process. SES, socioeconomic status.
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