Endometriosis and preterm birth: A Danish cohort study.

Kjerstine BreintoftLinn Håkonsen ArendtNiels UldbjergMaria Tølbøll GlavindAxel FormanTine Brink Henriksen

Published in: Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica (2022)

Endometriosis was associated with both preterm and very preterm birth; however, apparently through different pathways. Women with endometriosis were more prone to have medically indicated preterm births before 37 gestational weeks and spontaneous preterm births before 32 gestational weeks compared with women without endometriosis.

Keyphrases

preterm birth
gestational age
birth weight
low birth weight
weight gain
pregnant women
pregnancy outcomes
metabolic syndrome
body mass index
adipose tissue
breast cancer risk