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Inter-pregnancy interval and later pediatric cardiovascular health of the offspring – a population-based cohort study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2020

Majdi Imterat Open the ORCID record for Majdi Imterat [Opens in a new window] ,
Tamar Wainstock ,
Eyal Sheiner  and
Gali Pariente
Majdi Imterat*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Tamar Wainstock
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Eyal Sheiner
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Gali Pariente
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
*
Address for correspondence: Majdi Imterat, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, 151 Izak Rager Ave., Beer-Sheva84101, Israel. Email: magdi_333@hotmail.com
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Abstract

Recent evidence suggests that a long inter-pregnancy interval (IPI: time interval between live birth and estimated time of conception of subsequent pregnancy) poses a risk for adverse short-term perinatal outcome. We aimed to study the effect of short (<6 months) and long (>60 months) IPI on long-term cardiovascular morbidity of the offspring. A population-based cohort study was performed in which all singleton live births in parturients with at least one previous birth were included. Hospitalizations of the offspring up to the age of 18 years involving cardiovascular diseases and according to IPI length were evaluated. Intermediate interval, between 6 and 60 months, was considered the reference. Kaplan–Meier survival curves were used to compare the cumulative morbidity incidence between the groups. Cox proportional hazards model was used to control for confounders. During the study period, 161,793 deliveries met the inclusion criteria. Of them, 14.1% (n = 22,851) occurred in parturient following a short IPI, 78.6% (n = 127,146) following an intermediate IPI, and 7.3% (n = 11,796) following a long IPI. Total hospitalizations of the offspring, involving cardiovascular morbidity, were comparable between the groups. The Kaplan–Meier survival curves demonstrated similar cumulative incidences of cardiovascular morbidity in all groups. In a Cox proportional hazards model, short and long IPI did not appear as independent risk factors for later pediatric cardiovascular morbidity of the offspring (adjusted HR 0.97, 95% CI 0.80–1.18; adjusted HR 1.01, 95% CI 0.83–1.37, for short and long IPI, respectively). In our population, extreme IPIs do not appear to impact long-term cardiovascular hospitalizations of offspring.

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Follow-uppediatric morbiditychildhoodheart disease
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Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease , Volume 12 , Issue 5 , October 2021 , pp. 819 - 823
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press in association with International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

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Presented in part at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, February 3–8, 2020 (abstract #173).

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