Calvert, Clara; Carruthers, Jade; Denny, Cheryl; Donaghy, Jack; Hopcroft, Lisa EM; Hopkins, Leanne; Goulding, Anna; Lindsay, Laura; McLaughlin, Terry; Moore, Emily; +16 more... Taylor, Bob; Loane, Maria; Dolk, Helen; Morris, Joan; Auyeung, Bonnie; Bhaskaran, Krishnan; Gibbons, Cheryl L; Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal; O'Leary, Maureen; McAllister, David; Shi, Ting; Simpson, Colin R; Robertson, Chris; Sheikh, Aziz; Stock, Sarah J; Wood, Rachael; (2023) A population-based matched cohort study of major congenital anomalies following COVID-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection. Nature communications, 14 (1). 107-. ISSN 2041-1723 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35771-8
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Abstract
Evidence on associations between COVID-19 vaccination or SARS-CoV-2 infection and the risk of congenital anomalies is limited. Here we report a national, population-based, matched cohort study using linked electronic health records from Scotland (May 2020-April 2022) to estimate the association between COVID-19 vaccination and, separately, SARS-CoV-2 infection between six weeks pre-conception and 19 weeks and six days gestation and the risk of [1] any major congenital anomaly and [2] any non-genetic major congenital anomaly. Mothers vaccinated in this pregnancy exposure period mostly received an mRNA vaccine (73.7% Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 and 7.9% Moderna mRNA-1273). Of the 6731 babies whose mothers were vaccinated in the pregnancy exposure period, 153 had any anomaly and 120 had a non-genetic anomaly. Primary analyses find no association between any vaccination and any anomaly (adjusted Odds Ratio [aOR] = 1.01, 95% Confidence Interval [CI] = 0.83-1.24) or non-genetic anomalies (aOR = 1.00, 95% CI = 0.81-1.22). Primary analyses also find no association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and any anomaly (aOR = 1.02, 95% CI = 0.66-1.60) or non-genetic anomalies (aOR = 0.94, 95% CI = 0.57-1.54). Findings are robust to sensitivity analyses. These data provide reassurance on the safety of vaccination, in particular mRNA vaccines, just before or in early pregnancy.
Item Type | Article |
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Faculty and Department |
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Population Health (2012- ) Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology |
Research Centre |
Covid-19 Research Centre for Maternal, Reproductive and Child Health (MARCH) |
PubMed ID | 36609574 |
Elements ID | 197811 |
Official URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35771-8 |
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