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. 2023 Apr 18;6(4):e238694. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.8694

Table 3. Risk of Overall High Refractive Error in Offspring According to the Timing and Severity of Maternal Preeclampsiaa.

Cases, No. Rate, per 1000 person-years Hazard ratio (95% CI)
Crude Adjustedb
Timing of preeclampsia
Late onset 321 0.53 1.15 (1.03-1.28) 1.20 (1.07-1.34)
Early onset 293 1.03 2.17 (1.93-2.44) 1.80 (1.60-2.02)
Severity of preeclampsia
Moderate 426 0.59 1.28 (1.16-1.41) 1.28 (1.16-1.41)
Severe and HELLP 188 1.07 2.29 (1.98-2.64) 1.93 (1.67-2.23)
Interaction for timing and severity of preeclampsia
Late onset × moderate 261 0.50 1.10 (0.98-1.25) 1.18 (1.05-1.34)
Late onset × severe or HELLP 60 0.65 1.39 (1.08-1.79) 1.25 (0.97-1.62)
Early onset × moderate 165 0.82 1.72 (1.47-2.00) 1.46 (1.25-1.70)
Early onset × severe or HELLP 128 1.55 3.27 (2.75-3.90) 2.59 (2.17-3.08)

Abbreviation: HELLP, hemolysis, elevated liver enzyme level, and low platelet count.

a

Includes moderate preeclampsia, severe preeclampsia, and HELLP syndrome.

b

Adjusted for calendar year, sex, singleton, parity, maternal age, maternal smoking, maternal cohabitation, maternal country of origin, maternal residence, maternal education duration, maternal income at birth, maternal prepregnancy body mass index, and parental refractive error before childbirth.