Driving Factors of Preterm Birth Risk in Adolescents

• Main Authors: Marta J. Perez (Author), Jen J. Chang (Author), Lorene A. Temming (Author), Ebony B. Carter (Author), Julia D. López (Author), Methodius G. Tuuli (Author), George A. Macones (Author), Molly J. Stout (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective We examined rates of spontaneous and indicated preterm births (S-PTB and I-PTB, respectively) and clinical risk factors for PTB in adolescents. Study Design This is a population-based, retrospective cohort using 2012 U.S. natality data of nulliparous women who delivered a nonanomalous sing...