Healthy preconception and early-pregnancy lifestyle and risk of preterm birth: a prospective cohort study.

Yeyi ZhuMonique M HeddersonSusan D BrownSylvia E BadonJuanran FengCharles P QuesenberryAssiamira Ferrara

Published in: The American journal of clinical nutrition (2021)

A healthy prenatal lifestyle with multiple low-risk modifiable factors was associated with lower risk of PTB. Our findings may inform multicomponent preconceptional or early-pregnancy prevention strategies to mitigate PTB risk.

Keyphrases

preterm birth
metabolic syndrome
low birth weight
weight loss
physical activity
cardiovascular disease
gestational age
pregnant women
preterm infants