Who is at risk for prolonged and postterm pregnancy?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 200, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 683.e1-683.e5

  Caughey, Aaron B ^a   Stotland, Naomi E ^a   Washington, A Eugene ^a   Escobar, Gabriel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

obesity; postterm pregnancy; race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NULLIPARA; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, PROLONGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349225414     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.02.034     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Divon M.Y., Haglund B., Nisell H., Otterblad P.O., and Westgren M. Fetal and neonatal mortality in the postterm pregnancy: the impact of gestational age and fetal growth restriction. Am J Obstet Gynecol 178 (1998) 726-731
2. Ingemarsson I., and Kallen K. Stillbirths and rate of neonatal deaths in 76,761 postterm pregnancies in Sweden, 1982-1991: a register study. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 76 (1997) 658-662
3. Caughey A.B., and Musci T.J. Complications of term pregnancies beyond 37 weeks of gestation. Obstet Gynecol 103 (2004) 57-62
4. Olesen A.W., Westergaard J.G., and Olsen J. Perinatal and maternal complications related to postterm delivery: a national register-based study, 1978-1993. Am J Obstet Gynecol 189 (2003) 222-227
5. Caughey A.B., and Bishop J.T. Maternal complications of pregnancy increase beyond 40 weeks of gestation in low-risk women. J Perinatol 26 (2006) 540-545
6. Allen V.M., O'Connell C.M., Farrell S.A., and Baskett T.F. Economic implications of method of delivery. Am J Obstet Gynecol 193 (2005) 192-197
7. Fonseca L., Monga M., and Silva J. Postdates pregnancy in an indigent population: the financial burden. Am J Obstet Gynecol 188 (2003) 1214-1216
8. ACOG practice patterns. Management of postterm pregnancy. Number 6, October 1997. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 60 (1998) 86-91
9. Shea K.M., Wilcox A.J., and Little R.E. Postterm delivery: a challenge for epidemiologic research. Epidemiology 9 (1998) 199-204
10. Olesen A.W., Basso O., and Olsen J. An estimate of the tendency to repeat postterm delivery. Epidemiology 10 (1999) 468-469
11. Usha Kiran T.S., Hemmadi S., Bethel J., and Evans J. Outcome of pregnancy in a woman with an increased body mass index. BJOG 112 (2005) 768-772
12. Stotland N.E., Washington A.E., and Caughey A.B. Pre-pregnancy body mass index and length of gestation at term. Am J Obstet Gynecol 197 378 (2007) 1-5
13. Hickey C.A., Cliver S.P., McNeal S.F., and Goldenberg R.L. Low pregravid body mass index as a risk factor for preterm birth: variation by ethnic group. Obstet Gynecol 89 (1997) 206-212
14. Stotland N.E., Caughey A.B., Lahiff M., and Abrams B. Weight gain and spontaneous preterm birth: the role of race or ethnicity and previous preterm birth. Obstet Gynecol 108 (2006) 1448-1455
15. Ramos G.A., and Caughey A.B. Interrelationship between ethnicity and obesity on obstetrical outcomes. Am J Obstet Gynecol 193 (2005) 1089-1093
16. Escobar G.J., Joffe S., Gardner M.N., Armstrong M.A., Folck B.F., and Carpenter D.M. Rehospitalization in the first two weeks after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit. Pediatrics 104 (1999) e2
17. Escobar G.J., Gardner M.N., Chellino M., Fireman B., Verdi J., and Yanover M. Identification of neonatal deaths in a large managed care organisation. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 11 (1997) 93-104
18. Selby J.V. Linking automated databases for research in managed care settings. Ann Intern Med 127 (1997) 719-724
19. Hosmer D.W., and Lemeshow S. Applied logistic regression (1989), John Wiley & Sons, Inc, New York
20. Caughey A.B., Stotland N.E., and Escobar G.J. What is the best measure of maternal complications of term pregnancy: ongoing pregnancies or pregnancies delivered?. Am J Obstet Gynecol 189 (2003) 1047-1052
21. Baranova A., Gowder S.J., Schlauch K., et al. Gene expression of leptin, resistin, and adiponectin in the white adipose tissue of obese patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and insulin resistance. Obes Surg 16 (2006) 1118-1125
22. Dietz P.M., Callaghan W.M., Cogswell M.E., Morrow B., Ferre C., and Schieve L.A. Combined effects of prepregnancy body mass index and weight gain during pregnancy on the risk of preterm delivery. Epidemiology 17 (2006) 170-177
23. Li D.K. Changing paternity and the risk of preterm delivery in the subsequent pregnancy. Epidemiology 10 (1999) 148-152
24. Gulmezoglu A.M., Crowther C.A., and Middleton P. Induction of labour for improving birth outcomes for women at or beyond term. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2006) CD004945
25. Nicholson J.M., Parry S., Caughey A.B., Rosen S., Keen A., and Macones G.A. The impact of the active management of risk in pregnancy at term on birth outcomes: a randomized clinical trial. Am J Obstet Gynecol 198 (2008) 511 e1-15
26. Tan P.C., Andi A., Azmi N., and Noraihan M.N. Effect of coitus at term on length of gestation, induction of labor, and mode of delivery. Obstet Gynecol 108 (2006) 134-140
27. Boulvain M., Stan C., and Irion O. Membrane sweeping for induction of labour. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2005) CD000451