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Long term implications of covid-19 in pregnancy

BMJ 2022; 377 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-071296 (Published 31 May 2022) Cite this as: BMJ 2022;377:e071296

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Re: Long term implications of covid-19 in pregnancy - reference 10

Dear Editor

Your editorial refers to a preprint of Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at 1 Year in Infants of Mothers Who Tested Positive for SARS-CoV-2 During Pregnancy by Andrea G. Edlow, MD, MSc1; Victor M. Castro, MS2,3; Lydia L. Shook, MD1; et al subsequently published in Paediatrics. The published text reads "When analysis was limited to full-term pregnancies (6896 unexposed offspring; 190 exposed offspring) fully adjusted OR was 1.68 (95% CI, 0.81-3.45; P = .16)" apparently contradicting your authors' opinions and less worrying for most mothers unfortunate enough to contract Covid during pregnancy.

Competing interests: No competing interests

30 June 2022
Mark Selinger
Retired Consultant Feto-Maternal Medicine
Oxford
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