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Associations between non-registered ultrasound examination in pregnancy and adverse perinatal outcomes in immigrant and non-immigrant women: a Norwegian population-based study 1999-2016
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  • Karolina S. Mæland,
  • Nils-Halvdan Morken,
  • Erica Schytt,
  • Vigdis Aasheim,
  • Roy M. Nilsen
Karolina S. Mæland
Hogskulen pa Vestlandet Institutt for helse- og omsorgsvitskap

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Nils-Halvdan Morken
Universitetet i Bergen Klinisk institutt 2
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Erica Schytt
Hogskulen pa Vestlandet Institutt for helse- og omsorgsvitskap
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Vigdis Aasheim
Hogskulen pa Vestlandet Institutt for helse- og omsorgsvitskap
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Roy M. Nilsen
Hogskulen pa Vestlandet
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Abstract

Objectives (i) Estimate the proportion of non-registered prenatal ultrasound examinations; (ii) Examine associations between non-registered ultrasound examinations and adverse perinatal outcomes, by migrant-related factors, in women giving birth in Norway. Design A national population-based study. Setting and sample Individually linked data from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway and Statistics Norway, 1999-2016, comprising 999,760 singleton pregnancies to immigrants ( n = 196,220) and non-immigrants ( n = 803,540). Methods Crude and adjusted odds ratios (aOR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated using logistic regression with robust standard error estimations, adjusted for year of childbirth, maternal age, parity, maternal smoking during pregnancy, educational level, and Norwegian health region at birth. Main outcome measures Prenatal ultrasound examinations; perinatal mortality; placental abruption; preeclampsia. Results Compared to non-immigrants, immigrant women had a higher proportion of non-registered ultrasound examinations (2.3% vs. 4.3% respectively). Compared to women with ultrasound examination, the aOR for perinatal mortality for women with non-registered ultrasound was 2.27 [95% CI 1.85, 2.79] for immigrants and 3.61 [3.21, 4.07] for non-immigrants. Non-registered ultrasound examination was also associated with placental abruption (aOR 1.32 [1.08, 1.63]) for non-immigrant women, but not for immigrant women. Non-registered ultrasound examination was not associated with preeclampsia in either immigrant or non-immigrant women. Conclusion Compared to non-immigrants, immigrant women have a higher proportion of non-registered data on prenatal ultrasound examinations. Both immigrants and non-immigrants with non-registered ultrasound examinations have an increased aOR of perinatal mortality, but no association was found for preeclampsia. Non-immigrant women had an increased aOR for placental abruption.