Clinical epidemiological study on risk factors for the recurrence of preterm birth

SALEME C, ; COSENTINO V,; GILI JA, ; MURRAY JC; GADOW E,

Rio de Janeiro

Congreso; 3rd. International Conference on Birth Defects and Disabilities in the Developing World; 2007

International Conference on Birth Defects and Disabilities in the Developing World

Preterm birth (PTB) is a major cause of disabilities. In developing countries disabilities are affected in part by a high neonatal mortality rate. Family studies using a well documented clinical epidemiological data base is crucial for the detection of genetic and environmental risk factors (RF). Previous studies have included heterogeneous groups with both spontaneous (S-PTD) and medically indicated (MI-PTD) preterm deliveries.Aims: To analyse a well defined dataset of socio-demographics variables, environmental and familial RF for PTB. To compare S-PTD with MI-PTD