Ban, Lu, Tata, Laila J., Fiaschi, Linda and Card, Timothy R.
(2014)
Limited risks of major congenital anomalies in children of mothers with IBD and effects of medications.
Gastroenterology, 146
(1).
pp. 76-84.
ISSN 1528-0012
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Abstract
Background & aims: Concerns persist about the risk of major congenital anomalies in children of women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and whether medication use affects risk. We assessed these risks, and variations in use of medications by women with IBD before, during, and after pregnancy.
Methods: We accessed data on children born to women 15-45 y old from 1990 through 2010, using a mother-child linked dataset from an electronic database of primary care records containing medical diagnoses, events, and drug prescriptions from across the United Kingdom. We identified pregnant women with IBD, and all prescriptions for 5-aminosalicylates azathioprine/6-mercaptopurine, and corticosteroids were extracted from their primary care records. We calculated risks of major congenital anomaly in children of mothers with and without IBD, and in children exposed or not exposed to 5-aminosalicylates, azathioprine/6-mercaptopurine, or corticosteroids during their first trimester of fetal development. Logistic regression with a generalized estimating equation was used to provide risk estimates adjusted for confounders. We calculated proportions of women taking medications before, during, and after pregnancy and assessed whether cessation was associated with subsequent disease flares.
Results: Risks of a major congenital anomaly in 1703 children of mothers with IBD and 384,811 children of mothers without IBD were 2.7% and 2.8%, respectively. This corresponded to an adjusted odds ratio of 0.98 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.73-1.31). In children of women with IBD, the adjusted odds ratios of a major congenital anomaly associated with drug use were 0.82 (95% CI, 0.42-1.61) for 5-aminosalicylates 0.48 (95% CI, 0.15-1.50) for corticosteroids, and 1.27 (95% CI, 0.48-3.39) for azathioprine/6-mercaptopurine. No increases in heart, limb, or genital anomalies were found in children of women with IBD; 31.2% of women discontinued 5-aminosalicylates and 24.6% discontinued azathioprine/6-mercaptopurine in early pregnancy. The risk of flares later in pregnancy was not related to cessation of medication.
Conclusions: We found no evidence that IBD during pregnancy or medical therapy for IBD during pregnancy increases the risk of a major congenital anomaly in children. Patients should receive appropriate guidance on use of medication before and during pregnancy.
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| RIS ID: |
https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/997366 |
| Additional Information: |
NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Gastroenterology. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this
document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Gastroenterology, Vol. 146, issue 1, January 2014, pp. 76–84, doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2013.09.061 |
| Keywords: |
Crohn's Disease; Ulcerative Colitis; Birth Defects; Treatment |
| Schools/Departments: |
University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Medicine > Division of Epidemiology and Public Health |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2013.09.061 |
| Depositing User: |
Card, Tim
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| Date Deposited: |
02 Aug 2016 07:36 |
| Last Modified: |
04 May 2020 20:15 |
| URI: |
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/35619 |
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