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HELLP Syndrome is a serious condition that can occur during pregnancy, characterized by Hemolysis, Elevated Liver enzymes, and Low Platelet count.
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The following maternal variables were defined based on a standard maternal questionnaire interview: Race/ethnicity was based on maternal response to fixed categories in the questionnaire, and classified as Black, Hispanic, White, or other. The race/ethnicity was treated as a confounder due to a well-observed racial disparity in preterm births and diabetes (Black populations have higher rates of preterm birth and diabetes in the U.S.).1 ,14 (link) Pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) was calculated as weight (kg)/height (m2), based on pre-pregnancy height and weight.15 (link) Maternal smoking during pregnancy was classified into 3 groups: never smoker (did not smoke cigarettes throughout index pregnancy), quitter (only smoked in the 3 months before pregnancy or during the first trimester), or continuous smoker (smoked continuously from prepregnancy to delivery).13 (link) Perceived stress during pregnancy was defined based on the responses to the following question: “How would you characterize the amount of stress in your life during pregnancy?” Answers of “not stressful” and “average stressful” were coded as low stress, and “very stressful” was coded as high stress.16 (link)The following maternal variables were defined based on maternal medical records: Maternal diabetes was defined as having either gestational or pre-gestational diabetes;17 (link) hypertensive disorders included one or more of the following during pregnancy: preeclampsia, eclampsia, chronic hypertension, and HELLP syndrome (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets).16 (link) Mode of delivery was categorized into caesarean section or vaginal delivery.
Publication 2014
Blood Platelets Cesarean Section Diabetes Mellitus Eclampsia Enzymes Ethnicity Gestational Diabetes HELLP Syndrome Hemolysis High Blood Pressures Hispanics Index, Body Mass Liver Mothers Negroes Obstetric Delivery Pre-Eclampsia Pregnancy Premature Birth Vagina
To obtain a comprehensive set of NAFLD GWAS summary statistics, we performed a GWAS meta-analysis of four cohorts: The Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE)50 (link) network, the UK Biobank, the Estonian Biobank and FinnGen. The NAFLD GWAS in the eMERGE network has previously been published. The study sample included 1106 NAFLD cases and 8571 controls participants of European ancestry. Of them, 396 NAFLD cases and 846 controls participants (47% males) were derived from a pediatric population and 710 NAFLD cases and 7725 controls participants (42% males) were derived from an adult population. NAFLD was defined by the use of EHR codes (ICD9: 571.5, ICD9: 571.8, ICD9: 571.9, ICD10: K75.81, ICD10: K76.0 and ICD10: K76.9. Exclusion criteria included, but were not limited to alcohol dependence, alcoholic liver disease, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, Alagille syndrome, liver transplant, cystic fibrosis, hepatitis, abetalipoproteinemia, LCAT deficiency, lipodystrophy, disorders of copper metabolism Reye’s syndrome, inborn errors of metabolism, HELLP syndrome, starvation and acute fatty liver (as suggested by the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease [AASLD]). We performed a new GWAS for NAFLD in the UK Biobank (data application number 25205). NAFLD diagnosis was established from hospital records (ICD10: K74.0 and K74.2 (hepatic fibrosis), K75.8 (NASH), K76.0 (NAFLD) and ICD10: K76.9 (other specified diseases of the liver). Exclusion criteria were the same as those used in the eMERGE study. In the UK Biobank analysis, we included 2558 NAFLD cases and 395,241 controls. We also performed a GWAS for NAFLD in the Estonian Biobank. This study and the use of data from 4119 cases and 190,120 controls was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the University of Tartu (Approval number 288/M-18). We used the same case definition and inclusion/exclusion criteria as in the UK Biobank. In the FinnGen data freeze 4 (November 30, 2020), 651 patients had a NAFLD diagnosis (EHR code K76.0). They were compared to 176,248 controls. The Mass General Brigham Biobank is a hospital-based biorepository with genetic data linked to clinical records as previously described.51 Patients were defined as having NAFLD or NASH according to diagnosis codes in the electronic health care record and were compared to controls without such diagnoses.
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Publication 2021
Abetalipoproteinemia Adult Alagille Syndrome Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic Alcoholic Liver Diseases alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency Copper Cystic Fibrosis Diagnosis Ethics Committees, Research Europeans Fatty Liver Fibrosis, Liver Freezing Genome-Wide Association Study HELLP Syndrome Hepatitis Inborn Errors of Metabolism Lecithin Cholesterol Acyltransferase Deficiency Lipodystrophy Liver Diseases Liver Transplantations Males Metabolic Diseases Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Patients Reye Syndrome
Among the final sample (n = 1413) information on maternal weight at the time of birth was missing in 8.6% (n = 122), and information on height in 11.0% (n = 156) of women. We assumed that missing data had occurred at random, i.e., that missings were not influenced by unobserved data. We applied imputation procedures using the average of five iterations with IVEware [21 ]. Imputation of maternal height was based on migration status and age; imputations of maternal weight were based on migration status, age, and height. Results of an analysis without imputed data do not differ substantially from the results given in Table 1 and Table 2 (see appendix, Table 4 and Table 5).

Characteristics of the selected subsample of women, by migration status

Turkish originLebanese originNon-immigrants
N133721208
Age in years *** 1)
 Median (range)25 (18–45)24 (18–41)30 (18–44)
Highest educational level (%) *** 2)
 No qualification/primary school36 (27.1%)14 (19.4%)28 (2.3%)
 Secondary school72 (54.1%)34 (47.2%)530 (43.9%)
 University / technical collage / vocational school / a-level vocational diploma25 (18.8%)24 (33.3%)650 (53.8%)
Body Mass Index at admission (%) n.s. 2)
 BMI < 25 kg/m217 (12.8%)17 (23.6%)235 (19.5%)
 BMI < 30 kg/m266 (49.6%)28 (38.9%)546 (45.2%)
 BMI ≥30 kg/m250 (37.6%)27 (37.5%)427 (35.4%)
Oxytocic agent n.s. 2)
 Yes (%)74 (55.6%)33 (45.8%)611 (50.6%)
Cervical dilatation * 2)
 Median (range) in cm2 (0–8)2 (0–10)2 (0–10)
 Active phase of labor (≥4 cm) in %21 (15.8%)19 (26.4%)315 (26.1%)
Delivery mode (%) ** 2)
 Normal vaginal delivery75 (56.4%)52 (72.2%)685 (56.7%)
 Vacuum extraction / forceps37 (27.8%)10 (13.9%)234 (19.4%)
 Emergency cesarean delivery21 (15.8%)10 (13.9%)289 (23.9%)
Obstetric complicationsAll participants (1403)
 HELLP-Syndrome6 (0.4%)
 Eclampsia0
 Hemorrhage > 1000 ml23 (1.6%)
 Sepsis0
 Cardiovascular complications0
 Uterine rupture< 5 **

* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001

1) Kruskal-Wallis test

2) Chi-square test

** no detailed data due to data protection

Indications for cesarean delivery

RankTurkish originN (%)Lebanese originN (%)Non-immigrant womenN (%)
1Pathological CTG or auscultatory bad fetal heart tones40 (30.1)Pathological CTG or auscultatory bad fetal heart tones17 (23.6)Pathological CTG or auscultatory bad fetal heart tones317 (26.8)
2Protracted labor/obstructed labor in the expulsion stage18 (13.5)Green amniotic fluid5 (6.9)Protracted labor/obstructed labor in the expulsion stage148 (12.3)
3Protracted labor/obstructed labor in the dilation stage9 (6.8)Chorioamnionitis syndrome4 (6.0)Protracted labor/obstructed labor in the dilation stage72 (6.6)
4Chorioamnionitis syndrome6 (4.5)Protracted labor/obstructed labor in the dilation stage4 (6.0)Green amniotic fluid43 (3.6)
5Green amniotic fluid3 (2.3)Protracted labor/obstructed labor in the expulsion stage4 (6.0)Absolute or relative imbalance between child‘s head and mother‘s pelvis29 (2.4)

Category “other birth risks” was not considered

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Publication 2019
Amnion Auscultation Birth Cardiovascular System Care, Prenatal Child Chorioamnionitis Dilatations, Cervical Emergencies Fetal Heart Head Heart Auscultation HELLP Syndrome Hemorrhage Immigrants Index, Body Mass Mothers Obstetric Delivery Obstetric Labor Oxytocics Pathological Dilatation Uterine Rupture Vacuum Extraction, Obstetrical Vagina Woman

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Publication 2017
Birth Birth Weight Blood Platelets Blood Vessel Chorioamnionitis Congenital Abnormality Diabetes Mellitus Diagnosis Eclampsia Enzymes Fetal Blood Fetus Gestational Age HELLP Syndrome Hemolysis High Blood Pressures Inflammation Liver Mothers Obesity Pathologists Placenta Pre-Eclampsia Pregnancy Pregnancy, Prolonged Pressure, Diastolic Proteins Seizures Systolic Pressure Term Birth Umbilical Cord Veins Woman
We used commonly used definitions for maternal age, marital status, and education.29 (link) We classified maternal complications into mutually exclusive categories of direct obstetric complications and medical diseases. Direct obstetric complications included uterine rupture, placenta praevia, abruptio placentae, unspecified antepartum haemorrhage, pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, HELLP syndrome, or any fetal malpresentation (breech, shoulder, or other). Medical diseases included heart disease, embolism/thrombophlebitis, hepatic disease, severe anaemia (haemoglobin <70 g/L), renal disease (including urinary tract infection), lung disease (including upper respiratory tract infection), HIV/AIDS, connective tissue disorders, gestational diabetes mellitus, and cancer.
We categorised women into risk groups for caesarean section using a modified version of the Robson classification.31 (link)
32 (link) Because there is no agreement on the optimal caesarean section rate in the population, and indications for caesarean sections are not standardised, Robson proposed a system that classifies women into 10 groups based on their obstetric characteristics (parity, previous caesarean section, gestational age, onset of labour, fetal presentation, and number of fetuses).31 (link) The size of each group and the caesarean section rate within each group correspond to an expected range. Monitoring caesarean sections within the Robson groups therefore allows the evaluation of clinical practice, including whether the caesarean section rate is justified. We adapted Robson’s classification because the NMNMSS did not collect information on whether or not the labour was induced. We created eight mutually exclusive categories: nulliparous, singleton, cephalic, ≥37 weeks’ gestation; multiparous, singleton, cephalic, ≥37 weeks’ gestation without a uterine scar; uterine scar, singleton, cephalic, ≥37 weeks’ gestation; all nulliparous women with a singleton breech; all multiparous women with a singleton breech, including those with a uterine scar; all multiple pregnancies, including those with uterine scar; all women with a single pregnancy in other abnormal lie, including those with uterine scar; and all singleton, cephalic, ≤36 weeks’ gestation pregnancies, including those with uterine scar.
For the institutional data we calculated the number of obstetricians per 1000 births using the number of births reported in the NMNMSS in 2015. We also report the region in which the hospital is located, using China’s standard definitions for region (western, central, and eastern).33 We extracted the day of the week from the date of delivery.
We report the number of perinatal deaths (stillbirths and early neonatal deaths within seven days of delivery before discharge), pregnancy related deaths, and uterine rupture. Stillbirths were defined as reported previously.29 (link) Pregnancy related deaths were defined as deaths from any cause in women who died after 28 completed weeks of gestation or with a fetus of birth weight 1000 g or higher (including women who died undelivered). Uterine rupture was defined as uterine or lower uterine dehiscence in late pregnancy or during childbirth, including complete and incomplete rupture.34
Publication 2018
Abruptio Placentae Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Anemia Birth Birth Weight Cesarean Section chrysarobin Cicatrix Connective Tissue Diseases Eclampsia Embolism Fetus Gestational Age Gestational Diabetes Heart Diseases HELLP Syndrome Hemorrhage Kidney Diseases Liver Diseases Lung Diseases Malignant Neoplasms Mothers Obstetric Delivery Obstetrician Patient Discharge Placenta Previa Population at Risk Pre-Eclampsia Pregnancy Shoulder Thrombophlebitis Upper Respiratory Infections Urinary Tract Infection Uterine Rupture Uterus Woman

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A case-control study was conducted at Saad Abuelela Maternity Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, from June to December 2020. The cases were 60 pregnant women who presented with preeclampsia and have no history of pre-existing hypertension. Preeclampsia was defined as per the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists criteria (ACOG Committee on Practice Bulletins—Obstetrics, 2020 (link)): pregnant women with onset of new hypertension (an average blood pressure reading of ≥140/90 mmHg taken on two occasions at least six hours apart) with proteinuria (≥ 300 mg/24 h) or features of end organ dysfunction in a previously normotensive woman. Preeclampsia was classified as severe in women with an average blood pressure reading of  ≥ 160/110 mmHg on two occasions or HELLP syndrome, which includes haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count; otherwise, preeclampsia was considered mild (ACOG Committee on Practice Bulletins—Obstetrics, 2020 (link)). The condition was also categorised as early presentation or late-onset preeclampsia, before and after 34  weeks, respectively (Tranquilli et al., 2013 (link)). Sixty healthy pregnant women without any systemic disease, such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, renal disease or thyroid disease, served as a control for each preeclampsia case. Women with multiple pregnancies, diabetic women, smokers and women with fetuses who had major anomalies or died were excluded from both groups in the study.
After signing informed consent, the women were asked about their sociodemographic, obstetrics and clinical data, including age, parity, educational level, residence of antenatal attendance and history of miscarriage and preeclampsia/hypertension. Body mass index (BMI) was computed from the measured weight and height.
Then, 5 mL of blood was collected from each subject at the diagnosis and separated into two equal aliquots for blood and serum analysis. Haemoglobin levels were measured using a modern haematology analyser (Sysmex KX21n, Japan) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. The blood was then centrifuged and stored at −20°C until the assay of these elements. Serum ferritin was determined using the ferritin chemiluminescent immunoassay sandwich method [TOSOH instrument (AIA360), Japan]. Serum iron and total iron-binding capacity (TIBC) were measured using a colorimetric assay (Roche Diagnostics, Germany Cobas 311). Serum hepcidin and IL-6 concentrations were measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay according to the manufacturer’s instructions (Euroimmun, Lubeck, Germany).
The sample included 60 women in each group (ratio of 1:1) and was calculated using mean difference of 5 in the iron levels between the women who had preeclampsia and the healthy controls as reported before (Duvan et al., 2015 (link)). The sample size was used to achieve 80% power and a precision of 5%. It was assumed that 10% of the women would not respond or would provide incomplete data.
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Publication 2023
Biological Assay BLOOD Blood Pressure Colorimetry Diabetes Mellitus Diagnosis Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Enzymes Ferritin Fetus Gynecologist HELLP Syndrome Hemoglobin Hemolysis Hepcidin High Blood Pressures Immunoassay Index, Body Mass Iron Kidney Diseases Liver Obstetrician Platelet Counts, Blood Pre-Eclampsia Pregnancy Pregnant Women Prehypertension Serum Spontaneous Abortion Thyroid Diseases Woman
The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University (Approved No. 2020-146-01). Written informed consents for participating this study were obtained from all participants. The authors affirm that human research participants provided written informed consent for publication of the potentially identifiable medical data included in this article. Participants didn’t receive cash remuneration. ICP was diagnosed according to the Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy from China with the following criteria: unexplainable pruritus; elevated serum bile acids (≥10 μmol/L); no identifiable cause for liver dysfunction; resolution of symptoms and laboratory values postpartum. Exclusion criteria were as follows: preeclampsia, low platelets (HELLP) syndrome, acute fatty liver of pregnancy, active viral hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis; patients receiving any antibiotic or probiotics treatment within 1 months; patients with other pregnant complications such as pregnancy diabetes and hypertensive disorders. All pregnant women with ICP were first-visit patients and did not receive any treatment. 50 individuals with ICP and 41 age, BMI and offspring gender matched healthy pregnant women were recruited from Chongqing and Guangdong province of China. There were 30 mild (TBA range 10–39.9 μmol/L) and 20 severe (TBA ≥ 40 μmol/L) ICP patients included. All the characteristics were summarized in Supplementary Tables 1 and 2.
Age, height, body weight, gestation week, birth weight and Apgar score were recorded, and the body mass index (BMI) was calculated. The gestational weeks were strictly matched within 1 week to reduce the impact of gestational week on gut microbiota. Fecal and blood samples were collected after fasting at least 8 h. Fecal samples were stored at −80 °C immediately until further processed. Biochemical parameters were detected by autoanalyzer.
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Publication 2023
Acute fatty liver of pregnancy Antibiotics Apgar Score Bile Acids Birth Weight BLOOD Blood Platelets Body Weight Diagnosis Ethics Committees, Clinical Feces Gastrointestinal Microbiome Gender HELLP Syndrome Hepatitis Viruses High Blood Pressures Homo sapiens Index, Body Mass Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy Patients Pre-Eclampsia Pregnancy Pregnancy in Diabetics Pregnant Women Primary Biliary Cholangitis Probiotics Pruritus Serum
In the Danish Medical Birth Registry we identified all mothers of the children included in the study. Preeclampsia, eclampsia and HELLP-syndrome in the mother was identified based on DNPR and the following ICD-10 codes: DO11, DO14, DO140, DO141, DO142, DO149, DO15, DO151, DO152, DO159. To ensure correct linkage of mother and the child included in the study the diagnoses of preeclampsia, eclampsia or HELLP-syndrome had to be given maximum 200 days before or 60 days after birth of the child in question. Based on the diagnostic criteria of preeclampsia, eclampsia, and HELLP-syndrome the fetus had to be 20 weeks of gestation or more at the time of diagnosis (23 ).
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Publication 2023
Child Childbirth Diagnosis Eclampsia Fetus HELLP Syndrome Mothers Pre-Eclampsia Pregnancy
Data were collected by two trained data collectors from the medical record, including prospectively collected baseline, obstetrics, and perioperative data of all mothers in the study hospital using a standardized checklist adapted from previous studies. A pre-test was performed on 5% of the sample size outside the study area.
Based on previous literature and clinical plausibility, we included a standardized set of information comprising pre-pregnancy information and clinical data on pregnancy-acquired and perioperative periods. The pre-pregnancy characteristics included maternal age, residency area, ANC visits, BMI, co-existing disease, and parity. Pregnancy-acquired characteristics included a previous history of abortion and abnormal uterine bleeding, current singleton or twin pregnancy, previous history of CD, prepartum anemia (< 11 g/dL), severe preeclampsia, eclampsia, HELLP syndrome, antepartum hemorrhage, induction/augmentation, and prolonged labor and perioperative data included types of CS, incision, types of anesthesia, birth weight, blood transfusion, and hemoglobin change. Hemoglobin difference was calculated by using hemoglobin values obtained during labor or within 24 h before CS and the postoperative period.
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Publication 2023
Anemia Anesthesia Birth Weight Blood Transfusion Eclampsia HELLP Syndrome Hemoglobin Hemorrhage Mothers Obstetric Labor Pre-Eclampsia Pregnancy Residency
In order to evaluate the predictive performance of ML models about adverse pregnancy outcomes, we grouped the women as following: (1) Adverse Group (n = 22): individuals associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes; (2) Positive Group (n = 29): individuals associated with satisfactory pregnancy outcomes (having no adverse outcomes).
Adverse pregnancy outcomes including one or more of the following: (1) fetal death after 13 weeks’ gestation excluded chromosomal abnormalities, anatomical malformation, or congenital infection [11 (link)]; (2) early neonatal death (death before 8 days of age) due to complications of prematurity and/or placental insufficiency [12 (link)]; (3) preterm delivery at less than 37 weeks due to gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, HELLP syndrome, placental insufficiency, placenta abruption or premature rupture of membranes [12 (link)]; (4) SGA neonate (<10th percentile) [12 (link)]; (5) fetal distress which was certified by pathological type observed in the cardiotocography [13 (link)]; (6) the SLE pregnancy disease activity index (SLEPDAI) was more than 4 [14 (link)].
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Publication 2023
Abruptio Placentae Cardiotocography Chromosome Aberrations Congenital Abnormality Fetal Death Fetal Distress Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture HELLP Syndrome Infant, Newborn Infection Placental Insufficiency Pre-Eclampsia Pregnancy Premature Birth Transient Hypertension, Pregnancy Woman

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