Pregnancy, delivery and neonatal outcomes among women living with Down
syndrome. A matched cohort study, taken from a population database.
Abstract
Objectives: Women with Down syndrome (DS) suffer from several health
issues, however, their fecundity is not affected. Despite that, there
are no studies in the literature to address pregnancy, delivery, or
neonatal outcomes among women with DS. Design: We conducted a
retrospective study using the Health Care Cost and Utilization
Project-Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database over 11 years from 2004 to
2014. Methods: A delivery cohort was created using ICD-9 codes. ICD-9
code 758.0 was used to extract the cases of maternal DS. Pregnant women
with DS (study group) were matched based on age and health insurance
type to women without DS (control) at a ratio of 1:4. A multivariant
logistic regression model was used to adjust for statistically
significant variables (P-value < 0.5). Results: There were a
total of 9,096,788 deliveries during the study period. Of those, 185
pregnant women were found to have DS. The matched control group was 740.
Maternal pregnancy risks mostly did not differ between those with and
without DS including pregnancy-induced PIH, gestational diabetes,
preeclampsia, PPROM, chorioamnionitis, cesarean section, operative
vaginal delivery, or blood transfusion (P >0.05, all).
However, they were at extremely increased risk of delivering prematurely
(aOR 3.86, 95% CI 1.25-11.93), and to have adverse neonatal outcomes
such as small for gestational age (aOR 13.13, 95% CI 2.20-78.41),
intrauterine fetal demise (aOR 20.97, 95% CI 1.86-237.02), and
congenital anomalies (aOR 9.59, 95% CI 1.47-62.72). Conclusion: Women
with DS should be counseled about their increased risk of premature
delivery and adverse neonatal outcomes.