Maternal Hypertension, Antihypertensive Medication Use, and Small for Gestational Age Births in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997–2011

Background Small for gestational age (SGA) birth is associated with poor long-term health outcomes. It is unclear whether maternal antihypertensive medication increases risk of SGA independently of maternal hypertension. Methods We analyzed associations between maternal hypertension and antihyperten...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Maternal and child health journal 2018-02, Vol.22 (2), p.237-246
Hauptverfasser:	Fisher, Sarah C., Van Zutphen, Alissa R., Romitti, Paul A., Browne, Marilyn L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Age Antihypertensive agents Antihypertensive Agents - adverse effects Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use Birth defects Calcium channels Case-Control Studies Dosage and administration Drug therapy Drugs Ethnicity Female Gestational Age Gestational hypertension Gynecology Health risk assessment Humans Hypertension Hypertension - drug therapy Hypertension - epidemiology Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced - drug therapy Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced - epidemiology Infant, Newborn Infant, Small for Gestational Age Maternal Age Maternal and Child Health Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mothers Pediatrics Population Economics Pre-Eclampsia - epidemiology Pregnancy Pregnancy Outcome - epidemiology Prevention Public Health Retrospective Studies Risk factors Socioeconomic Factors Sociology Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:	Background Small for gestational age (SGA) birth is associated with poor long-term health outcomes. It is unclear whether maternal antihypertensive medication increases risk of SGA independently of maternal hypertension. Methods We analyzed associations between maternal hypertension and antihypertensive medication use and SGA among non-malformed singleton controls in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. We defined SGA as birthweight
ISSN:	1092-7875 1573-6628 1573-6628
DOI:	10.1007/s10995-017-2395-8