March 2, 2021

Risk Factors for Illness Severity among Pregnant Women with Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection – Surveillance for Emerging Threats to Mothers and Babies Network 20 State Local and Territorial Health Departments March 29 2020 -January 8 2021

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): pregnancy, public health

• [Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] Risk factors for developing moderate-to-severe COVID during pregnancy included age 30-39 years, Black/Non-Hispanic race/ethnicity, healthcare occupation, pre-pregnancy obesity, chronic lung disease, chronic hypertension, cardiovascular disease, pre-gestational diabetes or gestational diabetes. The study was conducted by the CDC from March 2020 to January 2021 and included 5,963 pregnant women with laboratory confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection. Risk of disease severity increased with the number of underlying medical or pregnancy-related conditions.

Galang et al. (Mar 1, 2021). Risk Factors for Illness Severity among Pregnant Women with Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection – Surveillance for Emerging Threats to Mothers and Babies Network 20 State Local and Territorial Health Departments March 29 2020 -January 8 2021. Pre-print downloaded Mar 2 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.27.21252169