Occupational factors and miscarriages in the US fire service: a cross-sectional analysis of women firefighters.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence from previous studies suggests that women firefighters have greater risk of some adverse reproductive outcomes. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether women firefighters had greater risk of miscarriage compared to non-firefighters and whether there were occupational factors associated with risk of miscarriage among firefighters.

Methods

We studied pregnancies in the United States fire service using data from the Health and Wellness of Women Firefighters Study (n = 3181). We compared the prevalence of miscarriage among firefighters to published rates among non-firefighters using age-standardized prevalence ratios. We used generalized estimating equations to estimate relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) between occupational

SUBMITTER: Jung AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8573857 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature