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Pre-eclampsia rates in the United States, 1980-2010: age-period-cohort analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the contributions of biological aging, historical trends, and birth cohort effects on trends in pre-eclampsia in the United States.

Design

Population based retrospective study.

Setting

National hospital discharge survey datasets, 1980-2010, United States.

Participants

120 million women admitted to hospital for delivery.

Main outcome measures

Temporal changes in rates of mild and severe pre-eclampsia in relation to maternal age, year of delivery, and birth cohorts. Poisson regression as well as multilevel age-period-cohort models with adjustment for obesity and smoking were incorporated.

Results

The rate of pre-eclampsia was 3.4%. The age-period-cohort analysis showed a strong age effect, with women at the extremes of maternal age having the greatest risk of pre-eclampsia. In comparison with women delivering in 1980, those delivering in 2003 were at 6.7-fold (95% confidence interval 5.6-fold to 8.0-fold) increased risk of severe pre-eclampsia. Period effects declined after 2003. Trends for severe pre-eclampsia also showed a modest birth cohort effect, with women born in the 1970s at increased risk. Compared with women born in 1955, the risk ratio for women born in 1970 was 1.2 (95% confidence interval 1.1 to 1.3). Similar patterns were also evident for mild pre-eclampsia, although attenuated. Changes in the population prevalence of obesity and smoking were associated with period and cohort trends in pre-eclampsia but did not explain the trends.

Conclusions

Rates of severe pre-eclampsia have been increasing in the United States and age-period-cohort effects all contribute to these trends. Although smoking and obesity have driven these trends, changes in the diagnostic criteria may have also contributed to the age-period-cohort effects. Health consequences of rising obesity rates in the United States underscore that efforts to reduce obesity may be beneficial to maternal and perinatal health.

SUBMITTER: Ananth CV

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3898425 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Pre-eclampsia rates in the United States, 1980-2010: age-period-cohort analysis.

Ananth Cande V CV Keyes Katherine M KM Wapner Ronald J RJ

BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 20131107

<h4>Objective</h4>To estimate the contributions of biological aging, historical trends, and birth cohort effects on trends in pre-eclampsia in the United States.<h4>Design</h4>Population based retrospective study.<h4>Setting</h4>National hospital discharge survey datasets, 1980-2010, United States.<h4>Participants</h4>120 million women admitted to hospital for delivery.<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>Temporal changes in rates of mild and severe pre-eclampsia in relation to maternal age, year of de ...[more]

PMID: 24201165

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Pre-eclampsia rates in the United States, 1980-2010: age-period-cohort analysis.

Objective

Design

Setting

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Main outcome measures

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Pre-eclampsia rates in the United States, 1980-2010: age-period-cohort analysis.

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