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PAEDIATRIC AND PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
卷 36, 期 1, 页码 4-12出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12822
关键词
climate; preterm; temperature; time-series
资金
- NSW Ministry of Health
Exposure to high temperatures increases the risk of preterm birth, especially for women with pre-existing health conditions and who smoke during pregnancy.
Background Exposure to high ambient temperatures has been shown to increase the risk of spontaneous preterm birth. Determining which maternal factors increase or decrease this risk will inform climate adaptation strategies. Objectives This study aims to assess the risk of spontaneous preterm birth associated with exposure to ambient temperature and differences in this relationship between mothers with different health and demographic characteristics. Methods We used quasi-Poisson distributed lag non-linear models to estimate the effect of high temperature-measured as the 95th percentile of daily minimum, mean and maximum compared with the median-on risk of spontaneous preterm birth (23-36 weeks of gestation) in pregnant women in New South Wales, Australia. We estimated the cumulative lagged effects of daily temperature and analyses on population subgroups to assess increased or decreased vulnerability to this effect. Results Pregnant women (n = 916,678) exposed at the 95th percentile of daily mean temperatures (25oC) had an increased risk of preterm birth (relative risk 1.14, 95% confidence interval 1.07, 1.21) compared with the median daily mean temperature (17celcius). Similar effect sizes were seen for the 95th percentile of minimum and maximum daily temperatures compared with the median. This risk was slightly higher among women with diabetes, hypertension, chronic illness and women who smoked during pregnancy. Conclusions Higher temperatures increase the risk of preterm birth and women with pre-existing health conditions and who smoke during pregnancy are potentially more vulnerable to these effects.
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