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Epidemiology of preterm birth [PDF]

BMJ, 2004
Preterm birth is a major challenge in perinatal health care. Most perinatal deaths occur in preterm infants, and preterm birth is an important risk factor for neurological impairment and disability. Preterm birth not only affects infants and their families—providing care for preterm infants, who may spend several months in hospital, has increasing cost
Janet, Tucker, William, McGuire
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Preterm Birth: An Overview

Cureus, 2022
Birth order has a significant impact on perinatal and long-term outcomes. Preterm birth rates, ranging from 5% to 18%, are regrettably still high in industrialized and developing countries, making them the main contributor to infant mortality and morbidity.
Khandre, Vivekanand, Potdar, Jyotsana, Keerti, Akshunna   +2 more
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Association between season of conception, month of conception with preterm birth in China: a population-based retrospective cohort study

Reproductive Health, 2023
Background Seasonal patterns of preterm birth were identified in previous studies, but the effect of conception season on preterm birth has not been extensively studied. Based on the notion that the etiological roots of preterm birth lie in the beginning
Yu Wu, Hanfeng Ye, Yanling Yuan, Cai Kong, Wenzhan Jing, Jue Liu, Min Liu   +6 more
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Ten-year time trends in preterm birth during a sociodemographic transition period: a retrospective cohort study in Shenzhen, China

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives To investigate time trends of preterm birth and estimate the contributions of risk factors to the changes in preterm birth rates over a decade (2009–2018) of transitional period in Shenzhen, China.Design Retrospective cohort study between 2009
Jun Wang, Lian Zhang, Rui Ma, Yanxia Zhou, Yali Luo, Haiyang Sun, Xi Ren, Quan Xu, Lingyun Zou   +8 more
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Risk factors associated with preterm birth after IVF/ICSI

Scientific Reports, 2022
In vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) is associated with an increased risk of preterm (33rd–37th gestational week) and early preterm birth (20th–32nd gestational week).
Jian Li, Jinhua Shen, Xiaoli Zhang, Yangqin Peng, Qin Zhang, Liang Hu, Christoph Reichetzeder, Suimin Zeng, Jing Li, Mei Tian, Fei Gong, Ge Lin, Berthold Hocher   +12 more
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Prenatal exposure to social adversity and infant cortisol in the first year of life

Stress
Exposure to social adversity has been associated with cortisol dysregulation during pregnancy and in later childhood; less is known about how prenatal exposure to social stressors affects postnatal cortisol of infants.
Victoria F. Keeton, Thomas J. Hoffmann, Kalisha Moneé Goodwin, Bree Powell, Sophia Tupuola, Sandra J. Weiss   +5 more
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Emerging biomarkers and diagnostic tools for the early prediction of adverse prenatal outcomes

npj Women's Health
Clinical interventions for adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs, 1 in 5 pregnancies) are most effective when administered early ( 
Marc Soler, Brenna Parke, Sung Hye Kim, Vasso Terzidou, Sylvain Ladame   +4 more
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The association between parity and spontaneous preterm birth: a population based study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background Preterm birth is the leading cause of perinatal mortality and neonatal morbidity worldwide. Many factors have been associated with preterm birth, including parity. The aim of the present study was to investigate associations between parity and
Bouchra Koullali, Maud D. van Zijl, Brenda M. Kazemier, Martijn A. Oudijk, Ben W. J. Mol, Eva Pajkrt, Anita C. J. Ravelli   +6 more
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Uterine fibroids and risk of preterm birth by clinical subtypes: a prospective cohort study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Background Fibroids are present in approximately one in ten pregnancies and are inconsistently linked with preterm birth. We sought to determine the association between fibroids and preterm birth in a prospective cohort with standardized research ...
Alexandra C. Sundermann, Tiara D. Aldridge, Katherine E. Hartmann, Sarah H. Jones, Eric S. Torstenson, Digna R. Velez Edwards   +5 more
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Preterm Birth Update [PDF]

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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