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Infertility and preterm delivery, birthweight, and Caesarean section: a study within the Danish National Birth Cohort

Author(s) -

Olga Basso

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

human reproduction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1460-2350

pISSN - 0268-1161

DOI - 10.1093/humrep/deg444

Subject(s) - medicine , obstetrics , pregnancy , caesarean section , odds ratio , infertility , cohort study , premature birth , low birth weight , spontaneous conception , multiple birth , confidence interval , cohort , gynecology , gestation , population , genetics , environmental health , biology

More than 10% of babies are born to couples taking >1 year to conceive (a common definition of infertility). Some evidence indicates that such pregnancies are at increased risk of preterm delivery and other adverse birth outcomes, but the problem has rarely been addressed in large, longitudinal studies enrolling couples irrespective of infertility treatment.

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