Occupational physical activity and other risk factors for preterm birth among US Army primigravidas. | Zendy

Gilbert Ramı́rez | Zendy; R M Grimes | Zendy; J. F. Annegers | Zendy; Beth R. Davis | Zendy; C H Slater | Zendy

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Occupational physical activity and other risk factors for preterm birth among US Army primigravidas.

Author(s) -

Gilbert Ramı́rez,

R M Grimes,

J. F. Annegers,

Beth R. Davis,

C H Slater

Publication year - 1990

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.80.6.728

Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , medicine , marital status , odds ratio , gestation , odds , demography , premature birth , pregnancy , obstetrics , environmental health , logistic regression , population , pathology , sociology , biology , genetics

We examined the relation of occupational physical activity to the risk of preterm birth among US Army active-duty primigravidas between 1981 and 1984 using 604 cases (preterm deliveries; less than or equal to 37 weeks gestation) and 6,070 controls (term and post-term deliveries). Women employed in the highest physical activity levels had increased odds of preterm delivery ranging from 1.69 to 1.75. The relation was not changed by adjustment for the effects of age, marital status, socioeconomic status, or education. Missing data suggest cautious interpretation.

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