Modulators of length of gestation

In order to ascertain correlates of gestational age and predictors of prematurity, all the mothers delivered in 1993 at the maternity clinic of the First University Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and at one division of a private maternity hospital in Athens, Greece, were interviewed. From...

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Published in:European journal of public health 1996-09, Vol.6 (3), p.159-165
Main Authors: PETRIDOU, ELENI, TRICHOPOULOS, DIMITRIOS, TONG, DONALD, REVINTHI, KATHARINE, TSITSIKA, ARTEMIS, PAPATHOMA, EUGENIA, ARAVANTINOS, DIONYSIOS
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Language:English
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coffee drinking
gestational length
maternal age
risk factors
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Summary:In order to ascertain correlates of gestational age and predictors of prematurity, all the mothers delivered in 1993 at the maternity clinic of the First University Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and at one division of a private maternity hospital in Athens, Greece, were interviewed. From a total of 3,770 deliveries, those involving multiple pregnancies or Caesarean deliveries were excluded, as were pregnancies with an apparent duration of less than 150 or more than 300 days. The analysis was eventually based on 2,538 singleton deliveries. The duration of gestation was modelled as an outcome variable through multiple regression. The following factors were found to be significantly (p
ISSN:1101-1262
1464-360X
DOI:10.1093/eurpub/6.3.159