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. 2021 Feb 12;21:131. doi: 10.1186/s12884-021-03630-x

Correction to: Maternal HBsAg carriers and pregnancy outcomes: a retrospective cohort analysis of 85,190 pregnancies

Yulong Zhang 1,#, Jiacheng Chen 1,#, Tingting Liao 1, Siwen Chen 1, Jianying Yan 1,, Xiaoqian Lin 1
PMCID: PMC7881466  PMID: 33579216

Correction to: BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 20, 724 (2020)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-03257-4

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported an error in Tables 1, 2 and 3 headers. The correct tables are given below.

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the included patientsa

HBV-positive
(n = 9699)
HBV-negative
(n = 73,076)
P value OR
Maternal age (yrs, mean ± SD) 30.33 ± 4.50 30.28 ± 4.45 P = 0.30
Gestational age (weeks, mean ± SD) 38.18 ± 2.96 38.17 ± 3.51 P = 0.76
Gravidity
 1 3323 (34.26%) 28,076 (38.42%) P < 0.001 0.84 (0.80,0.87)
  > 1 6376 (65.74%) 45,000 (61.58%) P < 0.001 1.20 (1.15,1.25)
Parity
 1 82 (0.85%) 760 (1.04%) P = 0.07 0.81 (0.65,1.02)
  > 1 9617 (99.15%) 72,316 (98.96%) P = 0.07 1.23 (0.98,1.55)
Mode of delivery
 Instrumental vaginal 1903 (19.62%) 14,009 (19.17%) P = 0.29 1.03 (0.98,1.09)
 Cesarean section 3380 (34.85%) 24,729 (33.84%) P = 0.05 1.05 (1.00,1.09)
 Vaginal delivery 4373 (45.09%) 33,907 (46.40%) P = 0.01 0.95 (0.91,0.99)
 Regional analgesia 43 (0.44%) 431 (0.59%) P = 0.07 0.75 (0.55,1.03)
Birth weight(g)
  < 3000 2855 (29.44%) 20,571 (28.15%) P = 0.008 1.06 (1.02,1.122)
 3000–3499 4026 (41.51%) 30,721 (42.04%) P = 0.32 0.98 (0.94,1.02)
 3500–3999 2231 (23.00%) 17,085 (23.38%) P = 0.41 0.98 (0.93,1.03)
  ≥ 4000 388 (6.05%) 2718 (6.43%) P = 0.17 1.08 (0.97,1.20)

Table 2.

The association between HBV positive pregnancies and outcomes

HBV-positive
(n = 9699)
HBV-negative
(n = 73,076)
P value OR
Gestational hypertension 157 (1.62%) 1421 (1.94%) P = 0.028 0.83 (0.70,0.98)
Preeclampsia 139 (1.43%) 1302 (1.78%) P = 0.014 0.80 (0.67,0.96)
HELLP syndrome 5 (0.05%) 48 (0.07%) P = 0.605 0.78 (0.31,1.97)
PPROM 2577 (26.57%) 20,776 (28.43%) P < 0.001 0.91 (0.87,0.96)
Postpartum hemorrhage 218 (2.25%) 1424 (1.95%) P = 0.047 1.16 (1.00,1.34)
GDM 1663 (17.15%) 11,982 (16.40%) P = 0.062 1.06 (1.00,1.12)
ICP 149 (1.54%) 334 (0.46%) P = 0.001 3.40 (2.80,4.13)
placental abruption 140 (1.44%) 905 (1.24%) P = 0.089 1.17 (0.98,1.40)
Premature birth 1158 (11.94%) 8424 (11.53%) P = 0.234 1.04 (0.97,1.11)
Small for gestational age 392 (0.22%) 3165 (0.19%) P = 0.192 0.93 (0.84,1.04)

Table 3.

Gestational complications in Vaginal delivery

HBV-positive
(n = 6447)
HBV-negative
(n = 49,206)
P OR
Gestational hypertension 88 (1.30%) 804 (1.41%) P = 0.106 0.83 (0.67, 1.04)
Preeclampsia 49 (0.76%) 479 (0.97%) P = 0.096 0.78 (0.58,1.05)
HELLP syndrome 1 (0.02%) 6 (0.01%) P = 0.851 1.27 (0.15,10.57)
PPROM 2018 (31.30%) 16,808 (34.16%) P < 0.001 0.88 (0.83,0.93)
Postpartum hemorrhage 178 (2.76%) 1151 (2.34%) P = 0.037 1.19 (1.01,1.39)
GDM 1079 (16.74%) 7811 (15.87%) P = 0.076 1.07 (0.99,1.14)
ICP 78 (1.21%) 161 (0.33%) P < 0.001 3.73 (2.84,4.90)
Placental abruption 101 (1.57%) 537 (1.09%) P < 0.001 1.44 (1.16,1.79)
Premature birth 669 (10.38%) 4546 (9.24%) P = 0.003 1.14 (1.04,1.24)
Small for gestational age 265 (4.11%) 1817 (3.69%) P = 0.096 1.12 (0.98,1.28)

Statement “YLZ and JCC contributed equally to this work.” in the Authors’ contributions section deleted. “Yulong Zhang and Jiacheng Chen contributed equally to this work.” was inserted as article note.

The original article [1] has been updated.

Footnotes

Yulong Zhang and Jiacheng Chen contributed equally to this work.

Reference

  • 1.Zhang Y, Chen J, Liao T, et al. Maternal HBsAg carriers and pregnancy outcomes: a retrospective cohort analysis of 85,190 pregnancies. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2020;20:724. doi: 10.1186/s12884-020-03257-4. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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