Sajid Shahul1, Avery Tung1, Mohammed Minhaj1, Junaid Nizamuddin1, Julia Wenger2, Eitezaz Mahmood3, Ariel Mueller3, Shahzad Shaefi3, Barbara Scavone1, Robb D Kociol4, Daniel Talmor3, Sarosh Rana5. 1. a Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care , University of Chicago , Chicago , IL , USA . 2. c Division of Nephrology , Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston , MA , USA . 3. b Department of Anesthesiology , Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School , Boston , MA , USA . 4. d Department of Medicine , CardioVascular Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School , Boston , MA , USA . 5. e Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine/Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , University of Chicago , Chicago , IL , USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The mechanisms leading to worse outcomes in African-American (AA) women with preeclampsia/eclampsia remain unclear. Our objective was to identify racial differences in maternal comorbidities, peripartum characteristics, and maternal and fetal outcomes. METHODS/ RESULTS: When compared to white women with preeclampsia/eclampsia, AA women had an increased unadjusted risk of inpatient maternal mortality (OR 3.70, 95% CI: 2.19-6.24). After adjustment for covariates, in-hospital mortality for AA women remained higher than that for white women (OR 2.85, 95% CI: 1.38-5.53), while the adjusted risk of death among Hispanic women did not differ from that for white women. We also found an increased risk of intrauterine fetal death (IUFD) among AA women. When compared to white women with preeclampsia, AA women had an increased unadjusted odds of IUFD (OR 2.78, 95% CI: 2.49-3.11), which remained significant after adjustment for covariates (adjusted OR 2.45, 95% CI: 2.14-2.82). In contrast, IUFD among Hispanic women did not differ from that for white women after adjusting for covariates. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Our data suggest that African-American women are more likely to have risk factors for preeclampsia and more likely to suffer an adverse outcome during peripartum care. Future research should examine whether controlling co-morbidities and other risk factors will help to alleviate racial disparities in outcomes in this cohort of women.
OBJECTIVE: The mechanisms leading to worse outcomes in African-American (AA) women with preeclampsia/eclampsia remain unclear. Our objective was to identify racial differences in maternal comorbidities, peripartum characteristics, and maternal and fetal outcomes. METHODS/ RESULTS: When compared to white women with preeclampsia/eclampsia, AA women had an increased unadjusted risk of inpatient maternal mortality (OR 3.70, 95% CI: 2.19-6.24). After adjustment for covariates, in-hospital mortality for AA women remained higher than that for white women (OR 2.85, 95% CI: 1.38-5.53), while the adjusted risk of death among Hispanic women did not differ from that for white women. We also found an increased risk of intrauterine fetal death (IUFD) among AA women. When compared to white women with preeclampsia, AA women had an increased unadjusted odds of IUFD (OR 2.78, 95% CI: 2.49-3.11), which remained significant after adjustment for covariates (adjusted OR 2.45, 95% CI: 2.14-2.82). In contrast, IUFD among Hispanic women did not differ from that for white women after adjusting for covariates. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Our data suggest that African-American women are more likely to have risk factors for preeclampsia and more likely to suffer an adverse outcome during peripartum care. Future research should examine whether controlling co-morbidities and other risk factors will help to alleviate racial disparities in outcomes in this cohort of women.
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