NSU Research Contributions

Title : Incidence and risk factors of preterm birth in a rural Bangladeshi cohort.

Authors : Rashed Shah, Luke C Mullany, Gary L. Darmstadt, Ishtiaq Mannan, Syed M. Rahman, Radwanur R. Talukder, Jennifer A. Applegate, Nazma Begum, Dipak K. Mitra, Shams El. Arifeen, Abdullah H. Baqui for the ProjAHNMo Study Group in Bangladesh(2014)

Abstract : Abstract Background Globally, about 15 million neonates are born preterm and about 85% of global preterm birth occurs in Asia and Africa regions. We aimed to estimate the incidence and risk factors for preterm birth in a rural Bangladeshi cohort. Methods Between June 2007 and September 2009, community health workers prospectively collected data from 32,126 mother-live-born baby pairs on household socio-demographic status, pregnancy history, antenatal care seeking and newborn gestational age determined by recall of date of last menstrual period. Results Among all live births, 22.3% were delivered prior to 37 weeks of gestation (i.e. preterm); of which 12.3% were born at 35–36 weeks of gestation (late preterm), 7.1% were born at 32–34 weeks (moderate preterm), and 2.9% were born at 28–31 weeks of gestation (very preterm). Overall, the majority of preterm births (55.1%) were late preterm. Risk of preterm birth was lower among women with primary or higher level of education (RR: 0.92; 95% CI: 0.88, 0.97), women who sought antenatal care at least once during the index pregnancy (RR: 0.86; 95% CI: 0.83, 0.90), and women who had completed all birth preparedness steps (RR: 0.32; 95% CI: 0.30, 0.34). In contrast, risk of preterm birth was higher among women with a history of child death (RR: 1.05; 95% CI: 1.01, 1.10), who had mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) ?250 mm, indicative of under nutrition (for women having MUAC

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