title: ABO and rhesus blood groups and adverse outcomes of pregnancy.
abstract: Interview and medical-record data of 11,659 nondiabetic, non-asthmatic women were analyzed to evaluate the relationship between ABO and Rh blood groups and adverse outcomes of pregnancy. No statistically significant associations were found in logistic regression analyses that controlled for age, race, smoking and parity. The results of our study demonstrate the importance of controlling for confounding variables, and do not support a relationship between maternal blood group and adverse pregnancy outcomes including malformations.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Linn
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Schoenbaum
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lieberman
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System / Q000235:genetics*; D000328:Adult; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008423:Maternal Age; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000097:blood; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000097:blood; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000235:genetics*; D018566:Pregnancy, High-Risk; D017584:Reproductive History; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System / Q000235:genetics*; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System