Interpregnancy interval and risk of preterm birth and neonatal death: retrospective cohort study

C. S. Smith, Gordon; P Pell, Jill; Dobbie, Richard

doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7410.313

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Interpregnancy interval and risk of preterm birth and neonatal death: retrospective cohort study

Published in BMJ • Aug 7, 2003

Authors:

Gordon C. S. Smith

Jill P Pell

Richard Dobbie

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a short interval between pregnancies is an independent risk factor for adverse obstetric outcome. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Scotland. SUBJECTS: 89 143 women having second births in 1992-8 who conceived within five years of their first birth. MAIN OU...

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Medicine

Obstetrics

Odds ratio

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