Associations between early marriage and preterm delivery: Evidence from lowland Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Preterm delivery (<37 weeks gestation) is the largest cause of child mortality worldwide. Marriage and pregnancy during adolescence have been associated with an increased risk of preterm delivery. We investigate independent associations of age at marriage and age at first pregnancy with preterm delivery in a cohort of women from rural lowland Nepal.

Methods

We analyzed data from 17 974 women in the Low Birth Weight South Asia Trial. Logistic regression models tested associations of age at marriage and age at first pregnancy with preterm delivery, for primigravida (n = 6 243) and multigravida (n = 11 731) women. Models were adjusted for maternal education, maternal caste, and household asset score.

Results

Ninety percent of participants had married at <18 ye

SUBMITTER: Miller FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11475576 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature