Differences in risk factors for incident and recurrent preterm birth: a population-based linkage of 3.5 million births from the CIDACS birth cohort.

Aline dos Santos RochaRita de Cássia Ribeiro-SilvaRosemeire L FiacconeEnny S PaixaoIla R FalcãoFlavia Jôse O AlvesNatanael J SilvaNaiá OrtelanLaura C RodriguesMaria Yury IchiharaMarcia F de AlmeidaMauricio L Barreto

Published in: BMC medicine (2022)

The risk factors for PTB in the second pregnancy differed according to women's first pregnancy PTB status. The findings give the basis for the development of specific prevention strategies for PTB in a subsequent pregnancy.

Keyphrases

preterm birth
gestational age
low birth weight
pregnancy outcomes
cardiovascular disease
polycystic ovary syndrome
pregnant women
genome wide
type diabetes
gene expression
dna methylation
metabolic syndrome
hepatitis c virus
insulin resistance
high density