Multiple pregnancy, short cervix, part-time worker, steroid use, low educational level and male fetus are risk factors for preterm birth in Japan: A multicenter, prospective study

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-61

  Shiozaki, Arihiro ^a   Yoneda, Satoshi ^a   Nakabayashi, Masao ^b   Takeda, Yoshiharu ^b   Takeda, Satoru ^c   Sugimura, Motoi ^c   Yoshida, Koyo ^e   Tajima, Atsushi ^e   Manabe, Mami ^f   Akagi, Kozo ^g   Nakagawa, Shoko ^h   Tada, Katsuhiko ^g   Imafuku, Noriaki ^g   Ogawa, Masanobu ^g   Mizunoe, Tomoya ^g   Kanayama, Naohiro ⁱ   Itoh, Hiroaki ⁱ   Minoura, Shigeki ^d   Ogino, Mitsuharu ^d   Saito, Shigeru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b Aiiku Hospital   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY URAYASU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f HIROSAKI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^h Fuchu Hospital   (Japan)

ⁱ HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical length; Fetal sex; Multiple pregnancy; Part time worker; Steroid use

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; DELIVERY; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VAGINITIS;

CERVICAL LENGTH; FETAL SEX; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PART-TIME WORKER; STEROID USE;

ADULT; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CERVIX UTERI; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEROIDS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 84897098436     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jog.12120     Document Type: Article

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