Preconception Hb concentration and risk of preterm birth in over 2·7 million Chinese women aged 20-49 years: A population-based cohort study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 508-516

  Zhang, Xiuli ^a,b   Xu, Qin ^b,c   Yang, Ying ^b,d   Wang, Long ^b,c   Liu, Fangchao ^e   Li, Qian ^b,c   Ji, Mengmeng ^a   He, Yuan ^b,d   Wang, Yuanyuan ^b,d   Zhang, Ya ^b,d   Zhang, Hongguang ^b,d   Peng, Zuoqi ^b,d   Ma, Xu ^b,c,d   Yu, Zengli ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY PLANNING   (China)

^c GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^d Center for Human Resource Research   (China)

^e FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Cohort studies; Maternal high Hb; Pre pregnancy; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CHINA; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURE LABOR; PREPREGNANCY CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85049829629     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114518001721     Document Type: Article

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