Neighborhood deprivation and adverse perinatal outcomes in Sweden: A population-based register study.

Susanne HesselmanAnna-Karin WikströmAlkistis SkalkidouInger Sundström-PoromaaAnna Wikman

Published in: Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica (2019)

The contextual effect of living in a deprived neighborhood on the risk of extremely preterm births, small-for-gestational-age births and stillbirths was to a high extent explained by individual factors of women residing in exposed areas, yet remained for small-for-gestational-age births in severely deprived areas after adjustment for maternal and social risk factors.

Keyphrases

gestational age
birth weight
preterm birth
risk factors
physical activity
pregnancy outcomes
healthcare
polycystic ovary syndrome
pregnant women
emergency department
low birth weight
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue