John P. Phair, MD

A. Maternal mortality was higher, with an age-adjusted risk ratio of 31.6, in women with COVID-19 than in women without COVID-19

B. Maternal mortality was higher during pre-Delta COVID-19 variant waves than during the Delta wave

C. Rates of any adverse birth outcome (defined as preterm delivery, small for gestational age, stillbirth, and neonatal death) were similar among infants born to women with COVID-19 and women without COVID-19

D. Rates of any adverse birth outcome were similar among infants born to women with HIV and who had COVID-19 and among infants born to women in the other comparison groups

John P. Phair, MD

John P. Phair, MD

Northwestern University Medical School

August 15, 2022: COVID-19 and Birth Outcomes