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Adverse pregnancy outcomes were gestational hypertension, pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes mellitus, preterm birth, low birth weight, caesarean delivery, macrosomia and fetal distress. Due to acute infectious disease or other diseases, 1127 were excluded.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Minhang Hospital, China.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 24 143 pregnant women were included in this study.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Primary and secondary outcome measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The primary outcome was the adverse pregnancy outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>For the 24 143 participants, we calculated adjusted ORs for adverse pregnancy outcomes associated with an increased WBC count. For gestational hypertension, the ORs were 1.18 (95% CI, 1.05 to 1.24) in the first trimester and 1.10 (1.06 to 1.13) in the second trimester; for pre-eclampsia, ORs were 1.14 (95% CI, 1.47 to 1.64) in the first trimester and 1.10 (1.05 to 1.16) in the second trimester; for gestational diabetes mellitus, ORs were 1.06 (95% CI, 1.00 to 1.13) in the first trimester and 1.10 (1.04 to 1.16) in the second trimester; for preterm birth, ORs were 1.12 (95% CI, 1.06 to 1.18) in the first trimester, 1.10 (1.06 to 1.13) in the second trimester and 1.12 (1.09 to 1.15) in the third trimester; for low birth weight, ORs were 1.09 (95% CI, 1.02 to 1.17) in the first trimester, 1.03 (0.99 to 1.08) in the second trimester and 1.12 (1.08 to 1.16) in the third trimester. 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