Clinical Chorioamnionitis and Neurodevelopment at 5 Years of Age in Children Born Preterm: The EPIPAGE-2 Cohort Study.

Salmon Rm, Fanny; Kayem, Gilles; Maisonneuve, Emeline; Foix-L'Hélias, Laurence; Benhammou, Valérie; Kaminski, Monique; Marchand-Martin, Laetitia; Kana, Gildas; Subtil, Damien; Lorthe Rm, Elsa; Ancel, Pierre-Yves; Letouzey, Mathilde (2024). Clinical Chorioamnionitis and Neurodevelopment at 5 Years of Age in Children Born Preterm: The EPIPAGE-2 Cohort Study. Journal of pediatrics, 267, p. 113921. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.113921

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OBJECTIVE

To assess the association between clinical chorioamnionitis and neurodevelopmental disorders at 5 years of age in children born preterm.

STUDY DESIGN

EPIPAGE 2 is a national, population-based cohort study of children born before 35 weeks of gestation in France in 2011. We included infants born alive between 24+0 and 34+6 weeks following preterm labor (PTL) or preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM). Clinical chorioamnionitis was defined as maternal fever before labor (>37.8°C) with at least two of the following criteria: maternal tachycardia, hyperleukocytosis, uterine contractions, purulent amniotic fluid, or fetal tachycardia. The primary outcome was a composite including cerebral palsy, coordination disorders, cognitive disorders, sensory disorders, or behavioral disorders. We also analyzed each of these disorders separately as secondary outcomes. We performed a multivariable analysis using logistic regression models. We accounted for the non-independence of twins and missing data by generalized estimating equation models and multiple imputations, respectively.

RESULTS

Among 2927 children alive at 5 years of age, 124 (3%) were born in a context of clinical chorioamnionitis. Overall, 8.2% and 9.6% of children exposed and unexposed respectively to clinical chorioamnionitis had moderate-to-severe neurodevelopmental disorders. After multiple imputations and multivariable analysis, clinical chorioamnionitis was not associated with the occurrence of moderate-to-severe neurodevelopmental disorders (adjusted odds ratio = 0.9, 95%CI: 0.5-1.8).

CONCLUSION

We did not find any association between clinical chorioamnionitis and neurodevelopmental disorders at 5 years of age in children born before 35 weeks of gestation after PTL or PPROM.

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