Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine if there are any differences between the types of pregnancy loss experienced by women who have been prescribed a statin just before or early in pregnancy compared with those who have not.
A retrospective cohort study using the General Practice Research Database was carried out. Women aged 10-49 years at pregnancy start who received a prescription for a statin in the 3 months before and/or during the first trimester of pregnancy were matched to up to 10 pregnancies on age at start date, diabetes and hypertension status before pregnancy.
A retrospective cohort study using the General Practice Research Database was carried out. Women aged 10-49 years at pregnancy start who received a prescription for a statin in the 3 months before and/or during the first trimester of pregnancy were matched to up to 10 pregnancies on age at start date, diabetes and hypertension status before pregnancy.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 843-852 |
| Journal | Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| Early online date | 8 Feb 2017 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jul 2017 |
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: McGrogan, A., Snowball, J., & Charlton, R. (2017). Statins during pregnancy: A cohort study using the General Practice Research Database to investigate pregnancy loss. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/pds.4176. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving."
