Studies from National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital in the Area of Health and Medicine Published (Seasonal variations in the occurrence of preeclampsia and potential implication of upper respiratory infections in South Korea): Health and Medicine

2022 JUL 13 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at NewsRx Women’s Health Daily -- New research on agriculture is the subject of a new report. According to news reporting out of the National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital by NewsRx editors, research stated, “The aim of this study was to examine the effect of seasonal changes on the incidence of preeclampsia (PE) in South Korea and East Asian populations, and to evaluate the relationship between upper respiratory infection (URI) during pregnancy and the development of PE.”

Funders for this research include The National Research Foundation of Korea (Nrf) Grant.

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital: “This cohort study included women who had singleton births between 2012 and 2018 in South Korea. A total of 548,080 first singleton births were analyzed, and 9311 patients (1.70%) were diagnosed with PE. Multivariate analysis showed that older age ( 30 years old), low income, residing in the southern part of South Korea, history of cigarette smoking, heavy drinking, higher body mass index, hypertension, or diabetes mellitus were risk factors for PE. Univariate analysis showed that URI was associated with the incidence of PE (P = 0.0294). However, this association was not statistically significant in the multivariate analysis (aOR 1.01; 95% CI 0.95-1.07). After adjusting for confounding variables, the occurrence of PE was the highest in December (aOR 1.21; 95% CI 1.10-1.34) and lowest in July and August.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “This study demonstrated that there are seasonal variations in the occurrence of PE in South Korea. Moreover, URI may be associated with the development of PE.”

For more information on this research see: Seasonal variations in the occurrence of preeclampsia and potential implication of upper respiratory infections in South Korea. Scientific Reports, 2022,12(1):1-8. (Scientific Reports - http://www.nature.com/srep/index.html). The publisher for Scientific Reports is Nature Portfolio.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14942-z.

Our news editors report that more information may be obtained by contacting Eui hyeok Kim, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital. Additional authors for this research include Sang Ah Lee, Seunggi Min, Yong Wook Jung.

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