Comorbidity, poverty and social vulnerability as risk factors for mortality in pregnant women with confirmed <scp>SARS‐CoV</scp>‐2 infection: analysis of 13 062 positive pregnancies including 176 maternal deaths in Mexico

Abstract

This study, which comprises the largest prospective consecutive cohort of pregnant women with COVID-19 to date, has confirmed that advanced maternal age, pre-existing diabetes, chronic hypertension, obesity, high social vulnerability and low socioeconomic status are risk factors for COVID-19-related maternal mortality. © 2021 International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.