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. 2020 Sep;223(3):427.e1–427.e14. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.02.031

Table 2.

Hazard ratios for maternal chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease by history of stillbirth, among women delivering between 1973 and 2012 in Sweden

n Model 1 (Age-adjusted)
Model 2
Model 3
Model 4 (Fully adjusted)
HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)
Chronic kidney disease
 No stillbirth 17,815 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Any stillbirth 202 1.58 (1.38–1.82) 1.44 (1.25–1.66) 1.41 (1.23–1.62) 1.26 (1.09–1.45)
 No stillbirth 17,815 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Antepartum stillbirth 184 1.62 (1.40–1.87) 1.47 (1.27–1.70) 1.44 (1.24–1.67) 1.28 (1.11–1.49)
 Intrapartum stillbirth 18 1.29 (0.81–2.04) 1.18 (0.74–1.87) 1.17 (0.74–1.85) 1.07 (0.67–1.69)
End-stage renal disease
 No stillbirth 1249 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Any stillbirth 34 3.51 (2.46–5.02) 3.26 (2.27–4.68) 3.11 (2.17–4.47) 2.25 (1.55–3.25)
 No stillbirth 1,249 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Antepartum stillbirth 30 3.62 (2.48–5.26) 3.35 (2.29–4.90) 3.19 (2.18–4.66) 2.27 (1.54–3.35)
 Intrapartum stillbirth 4 2.77 (0.89–8.61) 2.61 (0.84–8.12) 2.53 (0.81–7.88) 2.02 (0.65–6.29)

HRs represent separate Cox regression models for associations between stillbirth and maternal chronic kidney disease or end-stage renal disease. In all models, delivery of a stillbirth was a time-dependent variable, where maternal exposure status was based on the date of first stillbirth.

Model 1 adjusted for maternal age, stratified by year of delivery.

Model 2 adjusted for maternal age, country of origin, maternal education and parity, stratified by year of delivery.

Model 3 adjusted for maternal age, country of origin, maternal education, parity, antenatal BMI, smoking and maternal exposure to gestational diabetes (time-dependent covariate), stratified by year of delivery.

Model 4 adjusted for maternal age, country of origin, maternal education, parity, antenatal BMI, smoking, and maternal exposure to gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, and SGA delivery (time-dependent covariates), stratified by year of delivery.

Women with pre-pregnancy history of renal disease, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, hemoglobinopathy or coagulopathy were excluded at baseline.

BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; SGA, small for gestational age.

Barrett et al. Stillbirth is associated with increased risk of long-term maternal renal disease: a nationwide cohort study. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2020.