Fever in pregnancy and offspring mortality – a longitudinal study of a cohort from 1927 to 1937 on the Faroe Islands
Abstract In a birth cohort from 1927 to 1937 consisting of 4,208 individuals, we examined the relation between complications in pregnancy and offspring adult mortality. Patterns of increased mortality were observed in the group of males whose mothers had experienced fever during pregnancy, i.e. with...
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crwiley:10.1080/00016340903160960 2024-06-02T08:06:23+00:00 Fever in pregnancy and offspring mortality – a longitudinal study of a cohort from 1927 to 1937 on the Faroe Islands HELMSDAL, GUNNHILD OLSEN, SJÚRÐUR F. 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00016340903160960 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1080%2F00016340903160960 https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00016340903160960 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica volume 88, issue 10, page 1145-1147 ISSN 0001-6349 1600-0412 journal-article 2009 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1080/00016340903160960 2024-05-03T10:51:21Z Abstract In a birth cohort from 1927 to 1937 consisting of 4,208 individuals, we examined the relation between complications in pregnancy and offspring adult mortality. Patterns of increased mortality were observed in the group of males whose mothers had experienced fever during pregnancy, i.e. with all‐cause mortality (rate ratio 1.505; 95% CI 1.084–1.926; p = 0.057), premature death (rate ratio 1.943; 95% CI 1.486–2.400; p = 0.004), and with cancer (rate ratio 2.625; 95% CI 1.845–3.405; p = 0.015). To our knowledge, this is the first study to report an association between fever in pregnancy and offspring mortality. Article in Journal/Newspaper Faroe Islands Wiley Online Library Faroe Islands Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 88 10 1145 1147 |
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Abstract In a birth cohort from 1927 to 1937 consisting of 4,208 individuals, we examined the relation between complications in pregnancy and offspring adult mortality. Patterns of increased mortality were observed in the group of males whose mothers had experienced fever during pregnancy, i.e. with all‐cause mortality (rate ratio 1.505; 95% CI 1.084–1.926; p = 0.057), premature death (rate ratio 1.943; 95% CI 1.486–2.400; p = 0.004), and with cancer (rate ratio 2.625; 95% CI 1.845–3.405; p = 0.015). To our knowledge, this is the first study to report an association between fever in pregnancy and offspring mortality. |
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HELMSDAL, GUNNHILD OLSEN, SJÚRÐUR F. Fever in pregnancy and offspring mortality – a longitudinal study of a cohort from 1927 to 1937 on the Faroe Islands |
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Fever in pregnancy and offspring mortality – a longitudinal study of a cohort from 1927 to 1937 on the Faroe Islands |
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Fever in pregnancy and offspring mortality – a longitudinal study of a cohort from 1927 to 1937 on the Faroe Islands |
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Fever in pregnancy and offspring mortality – a longitudinal study of a cohort from 1927 to 1937 on the Faroe Islands |
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Fever in pregnancy and offspring mortality – a longitudinal study of a cohort from 1927 to 1937 on the Faroe Islands |
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Fever in pregnancy and offspring mortality – a longitudinal study of a cohort from 1927 to 1937 on the Faroe Islands |
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fever in pregnancy and offspring mortality – a longitudinal study of a cohort from 1927 to 1937 on the faroe islands |
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