Demographic, lifestyle, and reproductive risk factors for ectopic pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the relationship between demographic, lifestyle, and reproductive factors and the risk of ectopic pregnancy (EP).

Design

Prospective cohort.

Setting

United States.

Patient(s)

Nurses' Health Study II cohort comprising 41,440 pregnancies from 22,356 women.

Intervention(s)

Demographic, lifestyle, and reproductive factors self-reported in 1989 then updated every 2 years. Multivariable log-binomial regression models with generalized estimating equations were used to estimate adjusted risk ratios (aRR).

Main outcome measure(s)

Ectopic pregnancy.

Result(s)

Incident EP was reported in 411 (1.0%) pregnancies. Former and current smokers had 1.22 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.97-1.55) and 1.73 (95% CI, 1.28-2.32) times, respec

SUBMITTER: Gaskins AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6309991 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature