[Risk factors for repetition of low birth weight, intrauterine growth retardation, and prematurity in subsequent pregnancies: a systematic review]

(Fatores de risco na recorrência do baixo peso ao nascer, restrição de crescimento intra-uterino e nascimento pré-termo em sucessivas gestações: um estudo de revisão.)

Full Abstract

With the aim of collecting evidence on repetition of low birth weight, intra-uterine growth retardation (IUGR), and prematurity in successive pregnancies, a systematic review was conducted on MEDLINE, LILACS, PAHO, and MedCarib from 1965 to 2004, using as descriptors:
"low birth weight and recurrence, repetition or previous", "risk factors and repetition, recurrence or previous LBW", "IUGR and recurrence, repetition or previous", "risk factors and repetition, recurrence or previous IUGR", "prematurity and recurrence, repetition or previous", and "risk factors and repetition, recurrence or previous prematurity". Of 24 studies, 18 were excluded due to inconsistency between the title and the actual subject investigated (obstetric history as a risk factor rather than a selection criterion). The most important risk factors associated with repetition of low birth weight were maternal age > 30 years, smoking, short inter-gestational interval, and black skin color; those associated with IUGR were maternal age < 20 or > 35 years, low maternal education, high blood pressure, drug addiction, and non-technical/non-professional paternal occupation; and with preterm birth, premature rupture of membranes, chorioamnionitis, preeclampsia, preterm labor, and inter-gestational interval less than 12 months.

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Author information

Author/s: Sclowitz, Iândora Krolow Timm (IK); Santos, Iná da Silva dos (Ida S);

Affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil. ikt.sul(-atsign-)terra.com.br

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: English Abstract; Journal Article; Meta-Analysis; Review

Journal: Cadernos de saúde pública / Ministério da Saúde, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública (Cad Saude Publica), published in Brazil. (Language: por)

Reference: 2006-Jun; vol 22 (issue 6) : pp 1129-36

Dates: Created 2006/06/05; Completed 2006/10/26; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 16751952, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Fetal Growth Retardation - etiology
Humans
Infant, Low Birth Weight - physiology
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature - physiology

Infant, Premature - physiology
Premature Birth - etiology
Recurrence
Reproductive History
Risk Factors

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