Prepregnancy risk factors for antepartum stillbirth in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify possible prepregnancy risk factors for antepartum stillbirth and to determine whether these factors identify women at higher risk for term stillbirth.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study of prepregnancy risk factors compared 712 singleton antepartum stillbirths with 174,097 singleton live births at or after 23 weeks of gestation. The risk of term antepartum stillbirth then was assessed in a subset of 155,629 singleton pregnancies.

Results

In adjusted multivariable analyses, African-American race, Hispanic ethnicity, maternal age 35 years or older, nulliparity, prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) 30 or higher, preexisting diabetes, chronic hypertension, smoking, and alcohol use were independently associated with stillbirth. Prior cesarean deliv

SUBMITTER: Reddy UM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3326407 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature