Sex Differences in Long-term Outcomes After Group B Streptococcal Infections During Infancy in Denmark and the Netherlands:National Cohort Studies of Neurodevelopmental Impairments and Mortality

Background: Male infants have a higher incidence of invasive group B Streptococcus disease (iGBS) compared with female infants; however, data on sex differences in mortality and long-term outcomes after iGBS are lacking. We assessed whether a child's sex influences the effects of iGBS on mortality and risk of neurodevelopmental impairments (NDIs). Methods: We used Danish and Dutch registry data to conduct a nationwide cohort study of infants with a history of iGBS. A comparison cohort, children without a history of iGBS, was randomly selected and matched on relevant factors. Effect modificatio... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Van Kassel, Merel N.
Gonçalves, Bronner P.
Snoek, Linde
Sørensen, Henrik T.
Bijlsma, Merijn W.
Lawn, Joy E.
Horváth-Puhó, Erzsébet
Søgaard, Kirstine K.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Reihe/Periodikum: Van Kassel , M N , Gonçalves , B P , Snoek , L , Sørensen , H T , Bijlsma , M W , Lawn , J E , Horváth-Puhó , E , the GBS Danish and Dutch Collaborative Group for Long-term Outcomes & Søgaard , K K 2022 , ' Sex Differences in Long-term Outcomes After Group B Streptococcal Infections During Infancy in Denmark and the Netherlands : National Cohort Studies of Neurodevelopmental Impairments and Mortality ' , Clinical Infectious Diseases , vol. 74 , no. Suppl. 1 , pp. S54-S63 . https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab822
Schlagwörter: effect modification / group B Streptococcus / neurodevelopmental impairments / sex differences / Streptococcus agalactiae / Humans / Risk Factors / Child / Preschool / Infant / Male / Streptococcal Infections/epidemiology / Sex Characteristics / Denmark/epidemiology / Premature / Female / Netherlands/epidemiology / Newborn / Cohort Studies
Sprache: Englisch
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Background: Male infants have a higher incidence of invasive group B Streptococcus disease (iGBS) compared with female infants; however, data on sex differences in mortality and long-term outcomes after iGBS are lacking. We assessed whether a child's sex influences the effects of iGBS on mortality and risk of neurodevelopmental impairments (NDIs). Methods: We used Danish and Dutch registry data to conduct a nationwide cohort study of infants with a history of iGBS. A comparison cohort, children without a history of iGBS, was randomly selected and matched on relevant factors. Effect modification by sex was assessed on additive and multiplicative scales. Results: Our analyses included data from children with a history of iGBS in Denmark (period 1997 -2017; n = 1432) and the Netherlands (2000 -2017; n = 697) and from 21 172 children without iGBS. There was no clear evidence of between-sex heterogeneity in iGBS-associated mortality. Boys had a higher risk of NDI, with evidence for effect modification on additive scale at the age of 5 years for any NDI (relative excess risk due to interaction = 1.28; 95% confidence interval [CI], -0.53 to 3.09 in Denmark and 1.14; 95% CI, -5.13 to 7.41 in the Netherlands). A similar pattern was observed for moderate/severe NDI at age 5 years in Denmark and age 10 years in the Netherlands. Conclusion: Boys are at higher risk of NDI; our results suggest this is disproportionally increased in those who develop iGBS. Future studies should investigate mechanisms of this effect modification by sex.