Author's response to reviews Title: Prediction of Maternal Quality of Life on Preterm Birth and Low Birthweight: A Longitudinal Study Authors:

MATERNAL QUALITY OF LIFE AND PRETERM BIRTH AND BIRTHWEIGHT 1 Prediction of Maternal Quality of Life on Preterm Birth and Low Birthweight: A Longitudinal Study

Background: Preterm birth is a significant cause of newborn morbidity and mortality and strains society’s healthcare resources due to its long-term effects on the health of the newborn. Prenatal maternal quality of life (QoL) may be related to the occurrence of preterm birth and low birthweight infants. Few studies, however, have investigated maternal QoL, especially throughout the continuum of...

Author's response to reviews Title: HFE Gene Variants Modify the Association between Maternal Lead Burden and Infant Birthweight: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study in Mexico City, Mexico Authors:

Author's response to reviews Title: Adverse birth outcomes among native-born, China-born, and Southeast Asia-born mothers in Taiwan: A population-based birth cohort study Authors:

1. Methods need to be more clearly described. At present the description of study outcomes is unclear, and the statistical analysis is not provided. Explanations on the study outcomes and the statistical analysis were added to the method section of the abstract. It has been revised as the following, “health outcome variables examined included two adverse birth outcomes: low birthweight and pret...

Prediction of maternal quality of life on preterm birth and low birthweight: a longitudinal study

BACKGROUND Preterm birth is a significant cause of newborn morbidity and mortality and strains society's healthcare resources due to its long-term effects on the health of the newborn. Prenatal maternal quality of life (QoL) may be related to the occurrence of preterm birth and low birthweight infants. Few studies, however, have investigated maternal QoL, especially throughout the continuum of ...

I-19: Risks of Multiple Pregnancy, Preterm

Advances in treating infertile couples by assisted reproductive technologies (ART) over more than three decades have greatly improved the chances of better outcomes. While twinning and higher order multiple birth rates are still high in most countries, lower rates have sometimes been achieved by single-embryo transfer. Multiple preg- Abstracts of the 12th Royan International Congress on Reprodu...