Preterm Birth in the United States: The Impact of Stressful Life Events Prior to Conception and Maternal Age
Author(s) -
Whitney P. Witt,
Erika R. Cheng,
Lauren E. Wisk,
Kristin Litzelman,
Debanjana Chatterjee,
Kara Mandell,
Fathima Wakeel
Publication year - 2013
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.2013.301688
Subject(s) - medicine , logistic regression , pregnancy , psychological intervention , cohort study , demography , premature birth , obstetrics , longitudinal study , pediatrics , gestational age , psychiatry , genetics , pathology , sociology , biology
We determined whether and to what extent a woman's exposure to stressful life events prior to conception (PSLEs) was associated with preterm birth and whether maternal age modified this relationship.
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