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. 2023 Jan 5;26:100569. doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100569

Table 3.

Association of Delta vs. pre-Delta and Omicron vs pre-Delta periods of infection with adverse maternal outcomes.

Pre-Delta
Delta
Omicron
Delta Vs Pre-Delta
Omicron Vs Pre-Delta
n = 1402
n = 262
n = 391
n % 95%CI n % 95%CI n % 95%CI Crude RR 95%CI adj. RRa 95%CI Crude RR 95%CI adj. RRb 95%CI
Severe maternal adverse outcome 47 3.4% 2.5–4.4 17 6.5% 3.8–10.2 4 1.0% 0.3–2.6 1.9 1.1–3.3 1.8 1.1–3.2 0.3 0.1–0.8 0.3 0.1–0.8
ICU admission 45 3.2% 2.4–4.3 13 5.0% 2.7–8.3 4 1.0% 0.3–2.6
Length of ICU admission >7 days 12 0.9% 0.4–1.5 5 1.9% 0.6–4.4 0 0.0% 0.0–0.9
High Flow oxygen 12 0.9% 0.4–1.5 3 1.1% 0.2–3.3 0 0.0% 0.0–0.9
Non-invasive ventilation 5 0.4% 0.1–0.8 3 1.1% 0.2–3.3 0 0.0% 0.0–0.9
Mechanical ventilation 14 1.0% 0.5–1.7 7 2.7% 1.1–5.4 0 0.0% 0.0–0.9 -
Maternal death (any reason) 4 0.3% 0.1–0.7 0 0.0% 0.0–1.4 0 0.0% 0.0–0.9

In bold: 95% CI does not includes 1.

RR: risk ratio, adj. RR: adjusted risk ratio, ICU: intensive care unit.

a

Adjusted for ethnicity, educational level, BMI >35 kg/m2, drug use, pulmonary, cardiac, neurological and digestive medical history, previous pregnancy with post-partum hemorrhage or other complication, ongoing pregnancy with intrauterine growth restriction, and trimester of infection.

b

Adjusted for marital status, ethnicity, educational level, BMI >30 kg/m2, nulliparity, history of cesarean section, cardiac, diabetes, and digestive medical history, previous pregnancy with intrauterine growth restriction or preterm birth, current pregnancy with gestational diabetes or placenta praevia, and trimester of infection.