Asthma

Study findings from University of Montreal broaden understanding of asthma

Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 19th, 2009

According to recent research from Montreal, Canada, "Thirteen studies investigating the association between asthma during pregnancy and perinatal mortality reported generally no increased risk. Most of these studies should be interpreted with caution because they were limited in terms of statistical power."

"A study was therefore undertaken to evaluate whether maternal asthma during pregnancy increases the risk of perinatal mortality. Through three administrative databases from Quebec (Canada), a cohort of women with and without asthma who had at least one pregnancy between 1990 and 2002 was formed. Perinatal mortality was identified by diagnostic codes. The adjusted...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-03-19)

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