An evaluation of the association between lockdown during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and prematurity at the Nice University Hospital

AimTo study the association between lockdown in France due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and premature births at the Nice University Hospital.MethodsData concerning neonates born at the level III maternity of the Nice University Hospital and immediately hospitalised in the neonatal reanimation unit or the neonatology department of the hospital with their mothers between the 1st of January 2017 and the 31st of December 2020, included.ResultsWe did not find a significant decrease in the global number of premature births