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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020 Background Despite the disproportionate prevalence of gestational diabetes (GDM) and preterm birth (PTB) and their associated adverse perinatal outcomes among Black women, little is known about PTB among Black women with GDM.
Karen A. Scott +5 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 ObjectivePreterm birth is a major healthcare problem and has been rising gradually in the past three decades in China. Yet the ethnic differences in the rates and distributions of preterm birth remain largely unknown in China.
Guiying Cao +5 more
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The Linacre Quarterly, 2012 Preterm birth plagues modern society, with over three million deaths worldwide annually. When combined with low birth weight, preterm births are estimated to cost over one hundred million disability-adjusted life years. In the U.S., the low birth weight (newborn less than 2,500 gms) delivery rate in 2002 increased to 7.8 percent from 6.8 percent in ...
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022 Background The association between maternal obesity and preterm birth remains controversial and inconclusive, and the effects of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and preeclampsia (PE) on the relationship between obesity and preterm birth have not been
Kan Liu +5 more
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Histological features of the placenta in women with premature birth
Фундаментальная и клиническая медицина, 2023 Aim. To compare placental morphology in patients with preterm birth and with full-term birth without gynecological infections.Materials and Methods. We performed a retrospective, case-control study which included 150 women with vaginal delivery (50 women
Ya. A. Parfenova +4 more
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Association of Mothers' Perception of Neighborhood Quality and Maternal Resilience with Risk of Preterm Birth. [PDF]
, 2015 We examined the associations of mothers' perception of neighborhood quality and maternal resilience with risk of preterm birth and whether maternal resilience moderated the effect of neighborhood quality perception.
Bhatia, Namrata +4 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2020 Background: Infection/inflammation is an important causal factor in spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB). Most mechanistic studies have concentrated on the role of bacteria, with limited focus on the role of viruses in sPTB.
Zahirrah B. M. Rasheed +16 more
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Trends and risk of recurrent preterm birth in pregnancy cohorts in rural Bangladesh, 1990–2019
BMJ Global Health, 2023 Introduction A history of preterm birth reportedly increases the risk of subsequent preterm birth. This association has primarily been studied in high-income countries and not in low-income settings in transition with rapidly descending preterm birth ...
Anisur Rahman +7 more
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Effects of gestational age at birth on health outcomes at 3 and 5 years of age : population based cohort study [PDF]
, 2012 To investigate the burden of later disease associated with moderate/late preterm (32-36 weeks) and early term (37-38 weeks) birth. Design Secondary analysis of data from the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS).
Boyle, Elaine M. +6 more
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Improving quality of care and outcome at very preterm birth: the Preterm Birth research programme, including the Cord pilot RCT [PDF]
, 2019 BACKGROUND:Being born very premature (i.e. before 32 weeks’ gestation) has an impact on survival and quality of life. Improving care at birth may improve outcomes and parents’ experiences.
Aarnoudse-Moens +155 more
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