Study design (if review, criteria of inclusion for studies)
case-control study
Participants
This study describes Italian CF pregnant population. Data were collected (2010-2015) by the Italian CF Registry.
Interventions
Pregnancy in CF women
Outcome measures
BMI, FEV1, FVC
Main results
A total of 81 pregnant women (aged 18-45ys) were identified with a mean age at pregnancy of 31ys. Median age at diagnosis resulted higher in cases (P=0.010). A decline from 6 to 12 months before pregnancy to one year after delivery in BMI (P=0.034), in FEV1 (P<0.001) and FVC (P<0.001) was registered among cases. Difference in change between cases and controls was found for the BMI (P=0.006); weak evidence of difference in FEV1 (p=0.080) and FVC (p=0.056) were noted between the groups.
Authors' conclusions
Data from ICFR show that CF women can become mother with only slight adverse effect on their nutritional status. Further study should be carried out to investigate long term effect of pregnancy on lung function.