Interrupted-time-series analysis of the immediate impact of COVID-19 mitigation measures on preterm birth in China

Yanxia Xie; Yi Mu; Peiran Chen; Zheng Liu; Yanping Wang; Qi Li; Mingrong Li; Juan Liang; Jun Zhu

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32814-y

Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Interrupted-time-series analysis of the immediate impact of COVID-19 mitigation measures on preterm birth in China

Yanxia Xie,
Yi Mu,
Peiran Chen,
Zheng Liu,
Yanping Wang,
Qi Li,
Mingrong Li,
Juan Liang,
Jun Zhu

Affiliations

Yanxia Xie: National Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University
Yi Mu: National Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University
Peiran Chen: National Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University
Zheng Liu: National Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University
Yanping Wang: National Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University
Qi Li: National Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University
Mingrong Li: National Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University
Juan Liang: National Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University
Jun Zhu: National Office for Maternal and Child Health Surveillance of China, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32814-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The broader impacts of COVID-19 mitigation measures may include changes in the incidence of preterm birth. Here, the authors use data from ~11.7 million pregnancies in China and find evidence of a small decline in preterm birth rates immediately following the implementation of COVID-19 mitigation measures.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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