Interpregnancy Interval and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: An Analysis of Successive Pregnancies

Interpregnancy Interval and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: An Analysis of Successive Pregnancies.

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between interpregnancy interval and maternal-neonate health when matching women to their successive pregnancies to control for differences in maternal risk factors and compare these results with traditional unmatched designs. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 38,178 women with three or more deliveries (two or greater interpregnancy inter...

Interpregnancy Interval and Pregnancy Outcomes: Causal or Not?

Maternal Occupational Exposures and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: An Overview of Meta- Analysis

Background: Working pregnant women are exposed to numerous occupational exposures, some of which may adversely affect their reproductive health. We aimed to review the effects of maternal occupational exposures and adverse effects on the infants. Materials and Methods: In this ov...

Maternal Periodontitis, Preeclampsia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

Background and Aim: Preeclampsia is a considerable problem of pregnancy. Endothelial dysfunction and placental hypoxia are the current hypothesis of preeclampsia. Chronic inflammation, including periodontitis may provoke systemic maternal and placental pro-inflammatory endothelial dysfunction, which represent a significant risk factor for diseases of vascular origin. So this study was carried o...

Effects of interpregnancy interval and outcome of the preceding pregnancy on pregnancy outcomes in Matlab, Bangladesh

OBJECTIVE To estimate the effects on pregnancy outcomes of the duration of the preceding interpregnancy interval (IPI) and type of pregnancy outcome that began the interval. DESIGN Observational population-based study. SETTING The Maternal Child Health-Family Planning (MCH-FP) area of Matlab, Bangladesh. POPULATION A total of 66,759 pregnancy outcomes that occurred between 1982 and 2002. ...