Re-evaluation of gestational age as a predictor for subsequent preterm birth

Elizabeth Pereira, Gizachew Tessema, Mika Gissler, Annette K Regan and Gavin Pereira

PLOS ONE, 2021, vol. 16, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Background: To evaluate gestational age as a predictor of subsequent preterm birth. Materials and methods: This was a retrospective birth cohort study to evaluate gestational age as a predictor of subsequent preterm birth. Participants were mothers who gave birth to their first two children in Western Australia, 1980–2015 (N = 255,151 mothers). For each week of final gestational age of the first birth, we calculated relative risks (RR) and absolute risks (AR) of subsequent preterm birth defined as final gestational age before 28, 32, 34 and

Date: 2021
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