Does smoking during pregnancy mediate educational disparities in preterm delivery? Findings from three large birth cohorts.

Gry Juul Poulsen Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen Vincent W V JaddoePer MagnusHein Raat Camilla Stoltenberg Merere Osler Laust Hvas Mortensen

Published in: Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology (2019)

Smoking during pregnancy explains part of educational disparities in preterm delivery, but the mediated proportion depends on the educational gradient in smoking, emphasising that educational disparities in preterm birth may be mediated by different risk factors in different countries.

Keyphrases

preterm birth
gestational age
low birth weight
smoking cessation
risk factors
preterm infants
healthcare